Shokhan Nooraldin Sadraldin Salihi (; born 10 April 2000) is an Iraqi

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, futsal player and a handball player who plays as a forward for Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal,

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, Iraq women's national futsal team and Iraq women's national handball team. 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

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Early life

Shokhan Nooraldin was born in the

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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

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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.

Al Hilal SFC

As Al Hilal acquired the Challenge Women's Football Club in order to participate in the

, 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. She finished her first season as the league's top scores with 44 goals in total.

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. In February 2024, Shokhan got its first call-up to the

for a friendly match as part of the preparations for the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship. On 11 February 2024, she made her debut for the senior team in a match against the

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. Shokhan was later included on the final squad for the championship.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Iraq (Futsal)

*WAFF Women's Futsal Championship: : ''Champions:''

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Al Hilal

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: : ''Runners-up:'' 2022-23

Individual

Football

Top scorer: 2022–23 * WAFF Women's Futsal Championship Top scorer:

Handball

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salihi, Sokhan Living people 1998 births Iraqi Kurdish people Iraqi women's footballers 21st-century Iraqi sportswomen Iraq women's international footballers Iraqi women's futsal players Women's association football midfielders Saudi Women's Premier League players Expatriate women's footballers in Saudi Arabia Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Al Hilal SFC (women) players