Ali Auglah
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ali Auglah Al-Mousawi | ||
| Date of birth | 11 March 2002[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sydney Olympic | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Marconi Stallions | ||
| 2016–2019 | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Western Sydney Wanderers NPL | 37 | (18) |
| 2020–2021 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Macarthur FC | 25 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Northbridge FC | 10 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Al-Naft | 0 | (0) |
| 2025 | Rockdale Ilinden | 26 | (13) |
| 2025– | Sydney Olympic | 4 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2021 | Australia U17 | 3 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 January 2020 | |||
Ali Auglah Al-Mousawi (born 11 March 2002) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a winger, for Sydney Olympic in the National Premier Leagues NSW and the Australian Championship.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Auglah was born on 11 March 2002[1] at Auburn Hospital in the western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales to Iraqi parents,[2] who came to Australia as refugees in 1998.[video 1][3] Auglah was raised in Granville[4] and began playing football at the age of five with his two older brothers.[video 2][3] He joined National Premier Leagues (NPL) club Marconi in their under-12s before signing for Western Sydney Wanderers in 2016 after impressing Wanderers' head of youth Ian Crook in his under-13s Grand Final.[video 3][3][5]
Club career
[edit | edit source]After signing for the Wanderers in late-2016,[5] Auglah was one of eight players to receive financial support by the Wanderers, which covered registration fees, scholarship plaques and professional media training.[6] He was registered in the senior National Premier Leagues and A-League Youth squad in 2019.[7]
Auglah was also called into the first-team squad under Carl Robinson,[8] and made his professional debut on 11 January 2020 in a 2–0 away defeat to Wellington Phoenix.[9] He departed the club in 2022,[10] moving to Iraq for a career break from football.[3]
On 12 December 2022, Auglah was announced to have signed with Bulls FC Academy, the reserve side of Macarthur FC.[11] He made his club debut at Campbelltown Sports Stadium on 28 January 2023 in a 2–2 league draw with Western United.[1] Subsequently, he signed his first professional contract on 17 March 2023, committing to a two-year deal with Macarthur.[4]
On 22 September 2023, Auglah scored his first professional goal in the 2023–24 AFC Cup, netting the third goal of a 3–0 opening group match victory over Shan United.[12][13] After accumulating 442 minutes in the A-League by 4 November,[14] Auglah scored his first league goal, the winning goal in the 93rd-minute of a 1–0 win against Western United.[15][16][17]
Auglah scored his third goal of the season in the 93rd minute of a 3–0 victory over Cebu in the final group match of the AFC Cup on 14 December.[18][19] Macarthur FC finished top of the group, allowing them to advance to the knockout round in February 2024.[18][19]
In 2024, Auglah signed for Iraq Stars League club Al-Naft.
International career
[edit | edit source]Born in Auburn, New South Wales, Auglah represented the Australian national under-17 team in the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[20][21][22][23][24]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Ali Auglah at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Ali Auglah at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Ali Auglah at Macarthur FC
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Western Sydney Wanderers FC players
- Macarthur FC players
- Al-Naft SC players
- Rockdale Ilinden FC players
- Sydney Olympic FC players
- A-League Men players
- National Premier Leagues players
- Iraq Stars League players
- Australian men's soccer players
- Australia men's youth international soccer players
- Australian people of Iraqi descent
- Men's association football forwards
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen