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Full nameAli Ahmed
PositionFull-back
NationalityCanada
Age26
Date of birth10 Oct 2000
BirthplaceToronto
Height180 cm
Shirt number#22
ClubNorwich
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Season stats

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19
Appearances
4
Goals
3
Assists
1310
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Norwich.

Also this season

Earlier this season at Vancouver Whitecaps — CONCACAF Champions League: 9 apps, 0g 1a, 734 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Norwich; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Scout report

Key starterFull-back

A. Ahmed is a 26-year-old full-back at Norwich, rated 61.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 52nd of 272 on scout potential in the Championship. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (63.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.02 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ahmed.

Judged on this season alone, Ahmed graded 22 — a solid campaign that ranks top 38% of the 37 full-backs in the Championship, on 3 clean sheets and 3.023 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 16 → 20). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 61, top 22% of the 37 full-backs in the Championship. At 26 Ahmed is in his prime years, and a market index of 28.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Ahmed is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelRemarkably consistentInjury-hit 2025/26
Current potentialTop 22% full-backs · ChampionshipCurrent seasonTop 38% full-backs · Championship14th-best full-back in the Championship52nd in the Championship · potential8th-highest potential full-back in the Championship
61.2
Ratingi
8th of 37 full-backs
22.2
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
63.3%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.02
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Norwich finished 21st of 24 · a lower-table side

19
Apps
3.02
Def. / 90
29
Tackles
13
Interceptions
3
Clean sheets

3.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 19 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (21st of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 4 goals and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 63.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.48 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 61.2, Ahmed carries the 8th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Championship (top 22%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Norwich finished 21st of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals4

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles29
Interceptions13
Blocks2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.