Merchas Doski
{{Short description|Iraqi footballer (born 1999)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Merchas Doski
| image = Merchas doski.jpg
| upright =
| caption =
| full_name = Merchas Ghazi Salih Doski{{Worldfootball.net|merchas-doski}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|12|7}}
| birth_place = Hanover, Germany
| position = Left-back
| currentclub = Viktoria Plzeň
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Arminia Hannover
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Germania Egestorf/Langreder
| years1 = 2017–2018 | clubs1 = Germania Egestorf/Langreder II | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 2018–2019 | clubs2 = Heesseler SV | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 2019–2020 | clubs3 = MTV Eintracht Celle | caps3 = 19 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2020–2022 | clubs4 = FC Wacker Innsbruck | caps4 = 10 | goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2020–2022 | clubs5 = FC Wacker Innsbruck II | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2022–2024 | clubs6 = Slovácko | caps6 = 63 | goals6 = 4
| years7 = 2025– | clubs7 = Viktoria Plzeň | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2022
| nationalteam1 = Iraq U23
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2022–
| nationalteam2 = Iraq
| nationalcaps2 = 23
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 3 January 2025
| nationalteam-update = 24 January 2024
}}
Merchas Ghazi Salih Doski ({{langx|ar|ميرخاس غازي صالح دوسكي}}; born 7 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Viktoria Plzeň. Born in Germany, he represents the Iraq national team.{{Soccerway|merchas-doski/661035}}
Club career
Born in Hanover, Doski grew up in the district of Vahrenheide.{{cite web |last1=Hage |first1=Christoph |title="Weiß, dass ich das schaffen werde": Merchas Doski wird Profi bei Wacker Innsbruck |url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/merchas-doski-profi-wacker-innsbruck-oesterreich-celle-heessel-arminia-hannover/ |website=Sportbuzzer |access-date=16 September 2022 |language=de |date=19 July 2020}} He played youth football with Arminia Hannover and Germania Egestorf/Langreder. Having established himself at Landesliga 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. 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.{{cite web |last1=Hage |first1=Christoph |title=Ex-Armine jubelt in Österreich: Merchas Doski trifft erstmals für Wacker Innsbruck (mit Video!) |url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/ex-arminia-spieler-jubelt-in-oesterreich-merchas-doski-trifft-fuer-wacker/ |website=Sportbuzzer |access-date=16 September 2022 |language=de |date=5 November 2020}} He agreed a new contract until 2023 with Wacker Innsbruck in December.{{cite web |last1=Hage |first1=Christoph |title="Habe hart dafür gearbeitet": Merchas Doski unterschreibt bis 2023 beim FC Wacker Innsbruck |url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/merchas-doski-unterschreibt-bis-2023-beim-fc-wacker-innsbruck-vertrag/ |website=Sportbuzzer |access-date=16 September 2022 |language=de |date=14 December 2020}} His first-team game time was limited but he played in a friendly against Liverpool in the summer of 2021.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} In May 2022 he terminated his contract at Wacker Innsbruck after the club had failed to pay the salaries of players.{{cite news |title=Weitere Spieler von Wacker Innsbruck lösten Verträge |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000135374918/weitere-spieler-von-wacker-innsbruck-loesten-vertraege |access-date=16 September 2022 |work=Der Standard |date=2 May 2022 |language=de}}
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|date=August 2022}}
On 19 December 2024, Doski signed for Viktoria Plzeň.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcviktoria.cz/eng/clanek.asp?id=54431|title=First winter signing, Merchas Doski heads to Doosan Arena|language=en|author=Viktoria Plzen|date=19 December 2024|access-date=3 January 2025}}
International career
Also eligible to represent Germany,{{Cite web|url=https://iretd.com/1377/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330200108/https://iretd.com/1377/ |archive-date=2022-03-30 |title=ظهير مُميز آخر مِن أراضي المهجر يفتح قلبهُ لبلدهُ العراق مِن بوابة موقعنا تعرفوا عليه بالتقرير|date=29 December 2021 |publisher=iretd.com (Archived)}} 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|date=August 2022}}
Career statistics
= Club =
{{updated|match played 16 March 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germania Egestorf/Langreder II
|2017–18 | |colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | |||||||
| Heesseler SV
|2018–19 |LL Hannover | |colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | |||||||
| MTV Eintracht Celle
|19 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | |||||
| rowspan="3"|Wacker Innsbruck
|4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22
|2. Liga |6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Wacker Innsbruck II
|11 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22
|Regionalliga Tirol |7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!18 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 0 | ||||
| rowspan="3"|Slovácko
|26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10{{efn|Eight appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 39 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24
|Czech First League |21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!47 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 61 | 4 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!94 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 5 |
{{Notelist}}
=International=
{{updated|match played 24 January 2024}}
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3"|Iraq
|2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 13 | 0 |
References
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External links
- [https://forzafootball.com/player/1111157971 Merchas Doski] at Forza Football
{{Iraq squad 2023 AFC Asian Cup}}
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Category:Footballers from Hanover
Category:Iraqi men's footballers
Category:21st-century Iraqi sportsmen
Category:Iraq men's international footballers
Category:German men's footballers
Category:German people of Iraqi descent
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:2023 AFC Asian Cup players
Category:2. Liga (Austria) players
Category:Austrian Regionalliga players
Category:Czech First League players
Category:FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players
Category:1. FC Slovácko players
Category:Iraqi expatriate men's footballers
Category:German expatriate men's footballers
Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Category:German expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Category:Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Category:Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
Category:21st-century German sportsmen
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