Merchas Doski

Merchas Doski is one of the more technically polished defenders in the Iraqi squad, having developed his game in Central Europe with Wacker Innsbruck and Slovácko before earning a move to Viktoria Plzeň — a club that competes regularly in UEFA group stages. Playing in the Czech top flight demands positional discipline and comfort on the ball, qualities Plzeň's system specifically requires from its defenders. At 26, Doski is in the prime years of his career and his European grounding gives Iraq a defender capable of operating in a high defensive line against technically proficient opposition, a key asset in tournament football.