Danilo Al-Saed

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Al-Saed and the second or maternal family name is Alvarado.

Danilo Andrés Al-Saed Alvarado (born 24 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Dutch club Heerenveen.^[1] Born in Sweden, he plays for the Iraq national team.

Danilo Al-Saed

Personal information
Full name	Danilo Andrés Al-Saed Alvarado
Date of birth	(1999-02-24) 24 February 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Bålsta, Sweden
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	BK Häcken
Youth career
	FC Järfälla
	Spånga IS FK
	Håbo FF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Håbo	53	(10)
2018	Arameisk-Syrianska	0	(0)
2018–2019	Håbo	26	(15)
2020	Enköping	13	(6)
2021–2022	Sandviken	54	(9)
2023–2024	Sandefjord	36	(12)
2024–	Heerenveen	6	(0)
2025	→ AIK (loan)	1	(0)
International career‡
2023–	Iraq	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024

Club career

Following a slow career progress, he took a year off football and started again in the sixth tier, Division 4. He eventually moved up the football system to Enköpings SK FK and then Sandvikens IF. A foreign club also showed interest for Al-Saed, this being Norwegian IK Start, but the move did not materialize. Al-Saed stayed in Sandviken, and did not play competitively for Iraq U23 either, stating that his father advised against it.^[2][3][4][5]

The move to Norway came one year later, to Sandefjord during the winter transfer window. Performing well in the initial third of the season, with four goals and one assist in ten games, IFK Göteborg were reportedly interested in him.^[6]

On 10 January 2025, Al-Saed joined AIK in Sweden on loan until 30 June 2025, with an option to buy.^[7]

International career

In early 2022, Al-Saed was invited to a training camp for the Iraqi U23 national team.

In October 2023, Al-Saed received his first call-up to the Iraqi senior national team for the 2023 Jordan International Tournament.^[8]

Personal life

Al-Saed hails from Bålsta,^[3] and is the son of an Iraqi father and Chilean mother.^[5]