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Merchas Doski

Merchas Doski
Personal information
Full name Merchas Ghazi Salih Doski[1]
Date of birth (1999-12-07) 7 December 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Hanover, Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Slovácko
Number 14
Youth career
Arminia Hannover
Germania Egestorf/Langreder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Germania Egestorf/Langreder II
2018–2019 Heesseler SV
2019–2020 MTV Eintracht Celle 19 (0)
2020–2022 FC Wacker Innsbruck 10 (1)
2020–2022 FC Wacker Innsbruck II 18 (0)
2022– Slovácko 47 (4)
International career
2022 Iraq U23 4 (0)
2022– Iraq 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 January 2024

Merchas Ghazi Salih Doski (Arabic: ميرخاس غازي صالح دوسكي; born 7 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Slovácko. Born in Germany, he represents the Iraq national team.[2]

Club career

Born in Hanover, Doski grew up in the district of Vahrenheide.[3] He played youth football with Arminia Hannover and Germania Egestorf/Langreder.[3] Having established himself at Landesliga club Heeßeler SV he earned a move to MTV Eintracht Celle of the fifth-tier Oberliga.[3]

In July 2020, after trialling at the club, Doski signed with Austrian side Wacker Innsbruck.[3] He scored his first goal for the club's first team in November, in a 3–2 win against SV Horn in the Austrian 2. Liga.[4] He agreed a new contract until 2023 with Wacker Innsbruck in December.[5] His first-team game time was limited but he played in a friendly against Liverpool in the summer of 2021.[citation needed] In May 2022 he terminated his contract at Wacker Innsbruck after the club had failed to pay the salaries of players.[6]

After starring in the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Uzbekistan, he went on trial at Slovácko and later earned the move to the Czech Cup winners, where he established himself as a first team regular.[citation needed]

International career

Also eligible to represent Germany,[7] Doski was invited to the Iraqi Olympic team camp in January 2022, and was one of five Iraqi players based abroad that were later selected for the 2022 Dubai Cup in March. He made his debut against Vietnam and went on to play against Saudi Arabia and Thailand too.

He played in both warm-up matches against Iran before being selected for the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Uzbekistan. He was one of the standing out players of Iraq during the tournament, scoring in the penalty shoot-out against Uzbekistan.

On 25 August 2022, Doski was called up for the first time to the first team to play in the 2022 Jordan International Tournament.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germania Egestorf/Langreder II 2017–18 LL Hannover
Heesseler SV 2018–19 LL Hannover
MTV Eintracht Celle 2019–20[8] Oberliga Niedersachsen 19 0 19 0
Wacker Innsbruck 2020–21[8] 2. Liga 4 1 0 0 4 1
2021–22[8] 2. Liga 6 0 1 0 7 0
Total 10 1 1 0 11 1
Wacker Innsbruck II 2020–21[2] Regionalliga Tirol 11 0 11 0
2021–22[2] Regionalliga Tirol 7 0 7 0
Total 18 0 18 0
Slovácko 2022–23 Czech First League 26 3 3 0 10[a] 0 39 3
2023–24 Czech First League 21 1 1 0 0 0 22 1
Total 47 4 4 0 10 0 61 4
Career total 94 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 109 5
  1. ^ Eight appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 24 January 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iraq 2022 2 0
2023 7 0
2024 4 0
Total 13 0

References

  1. ^ a b Merchas Doski at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c Merchas Doski at Soccerway
  3. ^ a b c d Hage, Christoph (19 July 2020). ""Weiß, dass ich das schaffen werde": Merchas Doski wird Profi bei Wacker Innsbruck". Sportbuzzer (in German). Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  4. ^ Hage, Christoph (5 November 2020). "Ex-Armine jubelt in Österreich: Merchas Doski trifft erstmals für Wacker Innsbruck (mit Video!)". Sportbuzzer (in German). Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  5. ^ Hage, Christoph (14 December 2020). ""Habe hart dafür gearbeitet": Merchas Doski unterschreibt bis 2023 beim FC Wacker Innsbruck". Sportbuzzer (in German). Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Weitere Spieler von Wacker Innsbruck lösten Verträge". Der Standard (in German). 2 May 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. ^ "ظهير مُميز آخر مِن أراضي المهجر يفتح قلبهُ لبلدهُ العراق مِن بوابة موقعنا تعرفوا عليه بالتقرير". iretd.com (Archived). 29 December 2021. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022.
  8. ^ a b c "Merchas Doski » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 September 2023.