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.

Bashar Resan
Resan celebrating his goal against Esteghlal in February 2020
Personal information
Full name Bashar Resan Bonyan
Date of birth (1996-12-22) 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
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Persepolis Persian Gulf League 2017–18 1802050250
2018–19 25130100381
2019–20 2222020262
Total 65370170893

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]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 January 2019Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah Yemen2–03–02019 AFC Asian Cup
2.26 March 2019Basra Sports City, Basra Jordan2–13–22019 International Friendship Championship

Honours
Bashar Resan in Persepolis championship celebration (2017-18 Persian Gulf Pro League)

Club
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Persepolis

International
Iraq U-23
  • AFC U-22 Championship: 2014
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References
  1. Mubarak, Hassanin. "Iraq Olympic Team Profile". Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. Mubarak, Hassanin. "The incredible, if not implausible, story of Al-Jawiya's forever-young player Bashar Resan".
  3. Resan signed a two year contract with Persepolis
  4. "Persepolis vs Paykan Lineups".
  5. "Bashar Resan Extends".
  6. Profile
  7. "Mohanad Ali".
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