Bashar Resan
Bashar Resan Benian (Arabic: بشار رسن; born 22 December 1996 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi footballer who plays as Midfielder for Persepolis in the Persian Gulf Pro League and the Iraqi national team.
![]() Resan celebrating his goal against Esteghlal in February 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bashar Resan Bonyan | ||
Date of birth | 22 December 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Persepolis | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2009 | Ammo Baba School | ||
2009–2010 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2017 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 85 | (12) |
2017– | Persepolis | 65 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2011–2013 | Iraq U17 | 8 | (3) |
2013–2014 | Iraq U20 | 7 | (2) |
2014–2018 | Iraq U23 | 16 | (5) |
2014– | Iraq | 32 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2019 |
Personal life
Bashar is the son of former Iraq and Sikak Al-Hadeed player of the 70s, Resan Bonyan.[1] 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.[2] 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.[2]
Persepolis
On 3 July 2017, Resan signed a two-year contract with Iranian giants and Persian Gulf Pro League Champions Persepolis.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 7 August 2020
Club | Division | Season | League | Cup | Asia | Total | ||||
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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 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
Total | 65 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 89 | 3 |
International career
On 4 September 2014, Resan made his International debut against Peru in a friendly match that ended 0–2 for Peru.[6] 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.[1] 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.[1]
International goals
- Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.[7]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 12 January 2019 | Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
2. | 26 March 2019 | Basra Sports City, Basra | ![]() | 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 (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Hazfi Cup (1): 2018–19
- Iranian Super Cup (3): 2017, 2018, 2019
International
- Iraq U-23
- AFC U-22 Championship: 2014
References
- Mubarak, Hassanin. "Iraq Olympic Team Profile". Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- Mubarak, Hassanin. "The incredible, if not implausible, story of Al-Jawiya's forever-young player Bashar Resan".
- Resan signed a two year contract with Persepolis
- "Persepolis vs Paykan Lineups".
- "Bashar Resan Extends".
- Profile
- "Mohanad Ali".