Career
Ayed plays as a defensive central midfielder and full back. He began his career in London, England playing at district and county levels. Plymouth Argyle F.C. were the first club to make formal contact with Ayed aged just 16 however no deal materialised.
Four years later Argyle manager Paul Mariner showed interest again in the young midfielder inviting him to pre season for the 2010-2011 season before his contract was terminated.
Ayed also played non league football with Waltham Forest F.C. and Leyton F.C. respectively. Ayed"s route to United Arab Emirates football was through previous Alabama Shabab First Rate (at Lloyd's) Arabi and United Arab Emirates national team player, manager and legend Abdulla Saqer.
Ayed made his under 21"s international debut in the summer of 2008 representing Iraq national football team in the Norway - Middle East U21 National Team Tournament held in Jordan, playing in all three games against Jordan, Norway and Syria. Ayed was called up to play in a friendly against India in 2010 but could not attend the camp due to a health mishap.
He has, nonetheless, been tipped by many Iraqi national coaches, including Adnan Hamad to take a firm position in the senior squad.