Merchas Ghazi Salih Doski (born 7 December 1999) is a professional

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who plays as a left-back for Slovácko. Born in Germany, he represents the Iraq national team.

Club career

Born in

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

, Doski grew up in the district of Vahrenheide. He played youth football with

Arminia Hannover SV Arminia Hannover is a German association football club based in Hanover, Lower Saxony. History The club was founded in 1910 as ''FC Arminia Hannover'' and merged with ''Rugby-Verein Merkur'' in 1918, becoming ''SV Arminia-Merkur''. Two y ...

and Germania Egestorf/Langreder. Having established himself at

Landesliga The Landesliga ( en, Football State League) is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system. In Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore ...

club Heeßeler SV he earned a move to MTV Eintracht Celle of the fifth-tier Oberliga. In July 2020, after trialling at the club, Doski signed with Austrian side

Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol. History The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and ...

. He scored his first goal for the club's first team in November, in a 3–2 win against

SV Horn SV Horn is an Austrian association football club playing in the city of Horn. The club plays in the Austrian Second League. The team was champion of the Landesliga Niederösterreich in 1991, 1998 and 2007. In 2008, SV Horn won the Austrian C ...

in the Austrian 2. Liga. He agreed a new contract until 2023 with Wacker Innsbruck in December. His first-team game time was limited but he played in a friendly against

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

in the summer of 2021. In May 2022 he terminated his contract at Wacker Innsbruck after the club had failed to pay the salaries of players. After starring in the

2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup The 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup was the 5th edition of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup (prior to 2021 known as the AFC U-23 Championship), a biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the ...

in Uzbekistan, he went on trial at FC Slovacko and later earned the move to the Czech Cup winners, where he established himself as a first team regular.

International career

Also eligible to represent Germany, 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 Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

and went on to play against

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

and

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

too. He played in both warm-up matches against

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

before being selected for the

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

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to play in the

2022 Jordan International Tournament The 2022 Jordan International Tournament was a association football, football tournament for the national teams of Jordan national football team, Jordan, Syria national football team, Syria, Iraq national football team, Iraq and Oman national foot ...

Personal life

Merchas was born in Germany to parents who are from Zakho,

Duhok Governorate ar, محافظة دهوك , image_skyline = Collage_of_Dohuk_Governorate.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_flag = , image_seal = ...

, Kurdistan Region,

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

References

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Merchas Doski
at Forza Football 1999 births Living people Footballers from Hanover Iraqi men's footballers Iraq men's international footballers German men's footballers German people of Iraqi descent Men's association football defenders 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Regionalliga players Czech First League players FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players 1. FC Slovácko players Iraqi expatriate men's footballers German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic {{Iraq-footy-defender-stub