Merchas Doski

Iraqi footballer (born 1999)

Merchas Doski
Personal information

Full name	Merchas Ghazi Salih Doski^[1]
Date of birth	(1999-12-07) 7 December 1999 (age 24)
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	42	(4)
International career^‡
2022	Iraq U23	4	(0)
2022–	Iraq	13	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2023 ‡ 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 December 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	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	16	1	1	0	0	0	—		17	1
	Total		42	4	4	0	10	0	—		56	4
Career total			89	5	5	0	10	0	0	0	104	5

^ 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
Iraq	2022	2
	2023	7
	2024	4
Total		13

References

^ ^a ^b Merchas Doski at WorldFootball.net
^ ^a ^b ^c Merchas Doski at Soccerway
^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Weitere Spieler von Wacker Innsbruck lösten Verträge". Der Standard (in German). 2 May 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Merchas Doski » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 September 2023.