Shokhan Salihi

Shokhan Nooraldin Salihi (Arabic: شوخان نور الدين صالحي) is an Iraqi footballer, futsal player and a handball player who plays as a forward for Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal, Iraq women's national futsal team and Iraq women's national handball team.[1][2]

Shokhan Nooraldin
Personal information
Full name Shokhan Nooraldin Salihi
Place of birth Kirkuk, Iraq
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al Hilal
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Erbil SC
–2022 Ghaz Al-Shamal
2022– Al Hilal 17 (45)
International career‡
2022– Iraq Futsal 4 (7)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Iraq
WAFF Women's Futsal Championship
Winner2022 Saudi Arabia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 August 2023

In November 2022, Salihi broke the record of most goals in any top-flight match after scoring 15 goals in the match of Al-Hilal against Sama in the 2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League.[3]

Early life

Shokhan Nooraldin was born in the Kirkuk a city in northern Iraq to an Iraqi Kurdish family.

Club career

Erbil SC

Salihi who also played handball, represented Erbil SC. winning with the club two consecutive seasons of the Iraqi women's handball league. She also participated in two editions of the Women's Arab Club Championship, namely in Jordan 2019 and Tunisia 2021. In the 2019 tournament, she finished as the top scorer of the 2019 Arab Handball Women's Championship of Champions hosted in Amman.[4]

Ghaz Al-Shamal SC

Shokhan began her futsal journey with Ghaz Al-Shamal SC Women's Club in the Iraqi Futsal League. Her remarkable achievements in the league included clinching the title of the top scorer in the Premier Futsal League.[5]

Al Hilal SFC

after Al Hilal acquired the club to participate in the 2022-23 Saudi women's premier league they signed Shokhan after the performance she showed in the 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship.

Nooraldin signed a new contract with Al Hilal in the summer of 2023 that would keep her at the club until 2026.[6]

International career

Shokhan was first capped for Iraq women's national futsal team in the 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship hosted in Saudi Arabia.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 18 February 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al Hilal 2022–23 Premier League 1443––––—1443
2023–24 Premier League ––––––3232
Career total 1443––––321745

Honours

Iraq (Futsal)
  • WAFF Women's Futsal Championship:
Champions: 2022

Al Hilal
Runners-up: 2022-23

Football

Handball
  • Arab Handball Women's Championship of Champions Top scorer: 2019

References
  1. "وفد اربيل بكرة اليد يغادر الى الاردن للمشاركة في بطولة الاندية العربية للسيدات" [The Erbil handball delegation leaves for Jordan to participate in the Women's Arab Club Championship]. alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 25 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  2. "من هي شوخان نور الدين صالحي" [Who is Shokhan Nooraldin Salihi?]. sa.news-sinaa.com (in Arabic). 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. "الهلال يفوز بـ18 هدفًا والنصر ينتصر برباعية في دوري السيدات السعودي". alweeam.com.sa (in Arabic). 20 November 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  4. "سيدات أربيل يمثلن العراق في بطولة الأندية العربية لكرة اليد" [Erbil Women's team will represent Iraq in the Arab Handball Club Championship]. alzawraapaper.com (in Arabic). 23 October 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  5. "من هي شوخان صالحي صاحبة السوبر هاتريك في الدوري السعودي للسيدات؟" [Who is Shokhan Salehi, the Owner of the Super Hat-trick in the Saudi Women's League?]. koraplus.com (in Arabic). 15 October 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. "نادي #الهلال السعودي يجدد عقد مهاجمته العراقية شوخان نور الدين حتى عام 2026.. شوخان سجلت 44 هدف في 14 مباراة فقط في الدوري السعودي الموسم الماضي" [#Al-Hilal Saudi Club renews the contract of its Iraqi striker, Shokhan Nooraldin, until 2026.. Shokhan scored 44 goals in only 14 matches in the Saudi League last season]. nabd.com (in Arabic). 25 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. "القائمةُ النهائيّة لمنتخبِ السيدات الوطنيّ لكرةِ الصالات" [The final list of the women's national futsal team]. ina.iq (in Arabic). 14 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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