Introduction
Bashar Resan (Arabic: بشار رسن; born 22 December 1996 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi footballerwho plays as Midfielder for Persepolis in the Persian Gulf Pro League and the Iraqi national team.
Personal life
Bashar is the son of former Iraq and Sikak Al-Hadeed player of the 70s, Resan Bonyan. He started playing on Palestine Street in the Iraqi capital for shaabiya team 14 Tamouz (July) and had the privilege of being a student at the Ammo Baba Football School from the age of 12 and spent two years at the school before joining Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya at 13. He first played for the Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's ishbal and then the nasheen and in the space of just nine months he found himself in the first team.
Club career
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Rasan started his professional career at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, where he made his league debut in 2011. In the 2010–2011 season Bashar was plucked from the Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya junior side where at 14 was playing with boys much older than himself to train with the first team after he was seen in a game by team coach Thair Ahmed and his assistant Walid Dhahid, and he has been a first team member since. The winger has become the youngest player in the history in their 83-year existence and went on to sign a senior contract with the club. He scored the opening goal of the 2016 Iraq FA Cup Final which his team went on to win.
Persepolis
On 3 July 2017, Resan signed a two-year contract with Iranian giants and Persian Gulf Pro League Champions Persepolis. He joined the team after the end of the Iraqi regular season, which he won alongside Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. He made his league debut in 1–0 loss to Paykan on September 17. He Played a few minutes in his first season. Resan was influential in his second season at the club and played more there.Bashar Resan has signed a two-year contract extension to extend his stay with the Iran Professional League champion until the end of the 2020–21 season.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 4 July 2020
| Club | Division | Season | League | Cup | Asia | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Persepolis | Persian Gulf League | 2017–18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Total | 60 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 84 | 3 | ||
International career
On 4 September 2014, Resan made his International debut against Peru in a friendly match that ended 0–2 for Peru. He went onto will make his full international debut for Iraq at the age of just 17 years, 8 months and 13 days after first coming to prominence in the Iraqi league in 2010 at the age of 14. After qualifying for the Olympics, the player gave his AFC U-23 winners’ medal to a mother whose son was one of 1,700 Iraqi soldiers martyred in the Speicher massacre in 2014.
International goals
- Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12 January 2019 | Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |  Yemen |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
| 2. | 26 March 2019 | Basra Sports City, Basra, Iraq |  Jordan |
2–1 | 3–2 | 2019 International Friendship Championship |
Honours
Club
- Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
- Iraqi Premier League (1): 2016–17
- Iraq FA Cup (1): 2015–16
- AFC Cup (1): 2016
- Persepolis
- Persian Gulf Pro League (2): 2017–18, 2018–19
- Hazfi Cup (1): 2018–19
- Iranian Super Cup (3): 2017, 2018, 2019
International
- Iraq U-23
- AFC U-22 Championship: 2014