Ismael comes back to Al Shorta

Ali Ismael

Al Shorta Police (Superleague) added to their roster 28-year old international forward Ali Ismael (199cm-80kg-1994). It is actually his comeback to Baghdad as he has played here before. Ismael has played for the last four seasons at Al Naft in the Superleague. He helped them to win the league title.
Ismael has been also a member of Iraqi international program for some years. He has regularly played for Iraqi senior team since 2011 and previously for U18 National Team in 2010.
Ismael represented Iraq at the FIBA Asia Cup in Lebanon five years ago. His stats at that event were 4 games: 5.5ppg, 3.5rpg, 1.0spg, FGP: 44.4%, 3PT: 37.5%, FT: 62.5%.
He has played previously for two other teams: Al Karkh and Duhok. Ismael was voted to Asia-Basket.com All-Iraqi League Honorable Mention back in 2014 and 2017.