# Bashar Resan

Bashar Resan Bonyan Albu-Mohammed (Arabic: بشار رسن بنيان; born 22 December 1996) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pakhtakor, and the Iraq national team.

## Club career
### Early years

Bashar is the son of former Iraq and Sikak Al-Hadeed player of the 70s, Resan Bonyan. He started playing on Palestine Street in the Iraqi capital for local team 14 Tammuz 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. He first played for the Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Junior team and in the space of just nine months he found himself in the first team.

### Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Rasan started his career at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, where he made his league debut in 2011. In the 2010–2011 season he 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 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.

### Persepolis

On 3 July 2017, Resan signed a two-year contract with Persian Gulf Pro League Champions Persepolis. 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 17 September. He Played a few minutes in his first season. Resan was influential in his second season at the club and played more there. He scored his first goal against Saipa. His contract was extended until the end of the 2020–21 season. On 20 December 2020, he left the club by mutual consent, to move to Qatar SC.

### Qatar SC

On 31 December 2020, Qatar SC announced the signing of Resan after successful seasons with Persepolis.

### Pakhtakor

On 13 December 2024, Uzbekistan Super League club Pakhtakor announced the signing of Resan to a one-year contract, with the option of a second year.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 30 December 2021
| Club | Division | Season | League | League | Cup | Cup | Asia | Asia | Total | Total |
| Club | Division | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Persepolis | Persian Gulf League | 2017–18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Persepolis | Persian Gulf League | 2018–19 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Persepolis | Persian Gulf League | 2019–20 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| Persepolis | Persian Gulf League | 2020–21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Persepolis | Total | Total | 66 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 104 | 5 |
| Qatar SC | Qatar Stars League | 2020–21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 2 |
| Qatar SC | Qatar Stars League | 2021–22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 4 |
| Qatar SC | Total | Total | 91 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 132 | 11 |

## International career

On 4 September 2014, Resan made his International debut against Peru in a friendly match that ended 0–2 for Peru. 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. 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.

### International

    As of match played 21 March 2024.
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Iraq | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| Iraq | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| Iraq | 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| Iraq | 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| Iraq | 2018 | 4 | 0 |
| Iraq | 2019 | 4 | 2 |
| Iraq | 2020 | 7 | 0 |
| Iraq | 2021 | 9 | 1 |
| Iraq | 2022 | 9 | 0 |
| Iraq | 2023 | 7 | 1 |
| Iraq | 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 55 | 4 |
    Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 12 January 2019 | Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | Yemen | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
| 2. | 26 March 2019 | Basra Sports City, Basra, Iraq | Jordan | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2019 International Friendship Championship |
| 3. | 7 June 2021 | Al Muharraq Stadium, Arad, Bahrain | Cambodia | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 16 November 2023 | Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq | Indonesia | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |

## Honours

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
* Iraqi Premier League: 2016–17
* Iraq FA Cup: 2015–16
* AFC Cup: 2016
Persepolis
* Persian Gulf Pro League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
* Hazfi Cup: 2018–19
* Iranian Super Cup: 2017, 2018, 2019
Iraq U-23
* AFC U-22 Championship: 2014
Iraq Military
* CISM World Football Trophy: 2013