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Many Iraqis were forced to leave their homeland after the 2003 invasion of Iraq and had started their lives elsewhere. A number of young Iraqi talents appeared in Europe , North America and Australia with their teams for the age groups, and after their distinction, the technical staff of their clubs decided to transfer them to the first team in the club. They are now known inside Iraq as expatriate players or Iraqi professionals at times, and Iraqi football has many talents in the diaspora, especially those born in Europe, or of Iraqi origin, on the father’s or mother’s side. Some of them represented the national team and the age group teams. Some of them are like the age group teams of those countries.
The players marked in bold represented the Iraqi national teams.
The level of the leagues in which the players play has been classified as 1, 2, 3, 4....etc, regardless of the designations in those countries.
These are the players that play in Iraq currently but started their careers elsewhere.
Worldwide [ edit ]
Australia [ edit ]
Mario Shabow during his time at Western Sydney Wanderers . Raised in Australia, Shabow was born in Baghdad to Assyrian parents and is yet to represent the national team.
Belgium [ edit ]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred foot
Refs
Ameer Kinani
(2001-04-20 ) 20 April 2001 (age 23)
Vancouver FC (#10)
Striker
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Right
[13]
Hazim Hussein Qadheeb
2007
Toronto FC youth
Right-back
Czech Republic [ edit ]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred foot
Refs
Merchas Doski
(1999-12-07 ) 7 December 1999 (age 24)
FC Slovácko (#14)
Left-back
173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Left
[14]
Ibrahim Aldin
(2002-04-25 ) 25 April 2002 (age 22)
SK Líšeň (#14)
Central midfielder
175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Right
[15]
Jakub Yunis
(1996-03-25 ) 25 March 1996 (age 28)
Unattached
Forward
191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Right
[16]
Denmark [ edit ]
Kevin Yakob pictured in a IFK Göteborg kit. Born in Sweden, Yakob is of Assyrian ehtnicity from the city of Mosul and is now in line to represent the national team.
England [ edit ]
Zidane Iqbal coming on as an 89th minute substitute for Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League . The central midfielder has maternal roots from the Iraqi city of Samawah and started off representing the Iraqi Olympic team , and has represented the national team thrice.
Finland [ edit ]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred Foot
Refs
Mustafa Abdulmuttaleb
(2006-06-08 ) 8 June 2006 (age 18)
HJK Helsinki youth
Left-back
Arez Ghoshnaw
(2005-02-10 ) 10 February 2005 (age 19)
FC Honka youth (#75)
Central midfielder
Arjan Goljahanpoor
(1995-07-06 ) 6 July 1995 (age 28)
JJK Jyväskylä (#9)
Left winger
181 cm (5 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Dario Naamo
(2005-05-14 ) 14 May 2005 (age 19)
SJK Seinäjoki (#26)
Right-back
174 cm (5 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
Ibrahim Mohammed Abdullah
FC Honka youth
Defender
Mahmoud Aeisar Mohammed
2008
Grankulla IFK youth
Forward
186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Qassur Ali
2007
Käpylän Pallo
Centre-forward
Malec Mahdi
2008
Espoon Palloseura
Central Midfielder
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred Foot
Refs
Ahmad Allée
(1996-04-29 ) 29 April 1996 (age 28)
FC Rouen (#17)
Central midfielder
172 cm (5 ft 7+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[32]
Germany [ edit ]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred Foot
Refs
Youssef Amyn
(2003-08-21 ) 21 August 2003 (age 20)
Eintracht Braunschweig (#17)
Left-winger
172 cm (5 ft 7+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[33]
Reber Babir
(2005-08-02 ) 2 August 2005 (age 18)
SC Verl youth
Right-winger
177 cm (5 ft 9+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[34]
Roman Doulashi
(2005-08-07 ) 7 August 2005 (age 18)
FC Schalke 04 youth
Centre-back
193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Left
[35]
Rangin Madir Rasho
(2006-01-13 ) 13 January 2006 (age 18)
FC Ingolstadt 04 youth
Central midfielder
Arian Amyn
(2006-11-01 ) 1 November 2006 (age 17)
Viktoria Köln U19
Left winger
Right
Yaran Majeed
2006
VFB 03 Hilden youth
Defensive midfielder
Jussef Nasrawe
(2007-03-22 ) 22 March 2007 (age 17)
Bayern Munich U17
Attacking Midfielder
170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Left
Sanest Sindi
(2009-05-20 ) 20 May 2009 (age 15)
Bayern Munich youth
Rehan Murad
Bayern Munich youth
Marwan Mirza
Borussia Dortmund youth
Abbas Haydari
Borussia Mönchengladbach youth
Oliver Mikhail
(2009-11-09 ) 9 November 2009 (age 14)
Borussia Mönchengladbach youth
Centre-forward
Ali Gündogdu
(2001-09-13 ) 13 September 2001 (age 22)
Optik Rathenow (#10)
Attacking midfielder
175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Right
Karsan Doski
2003
VfV 06 Hildesheim (#6)
Central midfielder
170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Both
Dlges Abused
2003
SV Werder Bremen III
Left-back
Sadir Sarim
2006
VfL Oldenburg youth
Centre-back
Ilyas Al-Saadi
2007
Lopik youth
Defensive midfielder
Diar Blasini
2008
SV Sandhausen youth
Centre-forward
Marlon D'Elia
(2007-04-17 ) 17 April 2007 (age 17)
1.FC Heidenheim U17
Centre-back
Asil Haidar Ismail
(2003-02-07 ) 7 February 2003 (age 21)
Unattached
Left-winger
Right
[36]
Ewert Baram
(2003-12-17 ) 17 December 2003 (age 20)
Unattached
Defensive midfielder
177 cm (5 ft 9+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[37]
Iceland [ edit ]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred foot
Refs
Sami Kamel
(1993-12-16 ) 16 December 1993 (age 30)
Knattspyrnudeild Keflavík (#23)
Midfielder
184 cm (6 ft 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[38]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred foot
Refs
Adam Rasheed
(2006-07-10 ) 10 July 2006 (age 17)
Torino Primavera (#)
Centre-back
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Right
[39]
Schuan Marco Muhammad
(2003-04-07 ) 7 April 2003 (age 21)
Unknown
Right-winger
185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Right
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred Foot
Refs
Yohan Zetuna
(2000-05-31 ) 31 May 2000 (age 24)
Tlaxcala (#22)
Centre-back
184 cm (6 ft 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[40]
Yousuf Zetuna
(1999-03-10 ) 10 March 1999 (age 25)
Unattached
Centre-forward
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Right
[41]
Netherlands [ edit ]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred Foot
Refs
Zidane Iqbal
(2003-04-27 ) 27 April 2003 (age 21)
FC Utrecht (#14)
Central midfielder
181 cm (5 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[42]
Hussein Ali
(2002-03-01 ) 1 March 2002 (age 22)
SC Heerenveen (#15)
Right-back
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Right
[43]
Blnd Hassan
(2003-08-12 ) 12 August 2003 (age 20)
De Graafschap (#26)
Left-winger
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Right
[44]
Manuel Iylia
(2004-05-05 ) 5 May 2004 (age 20)
Twente U21
Central midfielder
168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Right
Arian Sevok
(1998-03-25 ) 25 March 1998 (age 26)
NSC Nijkerk (#25)
Goalkeeper
180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Right
[45]
Masies Artien
(1993-08-08 ) 8 August 1993 (age 30)
SV Spakenburg (#3)
Centre-back
188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Right
[46]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred Foot
Refs
Danilo Al-Saed
(1999-02-24 ) 24 February 1999 (age 25)
Sandefjord (#14)
Left-winger
178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Right
[47]
Hayder Altai
(1998-07-08 ) 8 July 1998 (age 25)
Skeid Oslo (#17)
Centre-back
193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Right
[48]
Marko Farji
(2004-03-16 ) 16 March 2004 (age 20)
Strømsgodset (#55)
Left-winger
184 cm (6 ft 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[49]
Mohammed Abbas
(2000-02-18 ) 18 February 2000 (age 24)
KFUM Oslo (#22)
Centre-Back
Right
Aimar Sher
(2002-12-20 ) 20 December 2002 (age 21)
Sarpsborg 08 (#99)
Central midfielder
175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Right
[50]
Portugal [ edit ]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred foot
Refs
Osama Rashid
(1992-01-17 ) 17 January 1992 (age 32)
Vizela (#23)
Defensive midfielder
180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Right
[51]
Ali Al-Mosawe
(2002-01-28 ) 28 January 2002 (age 22)
Estrela da Amadora (#)
Right-winger
167 cm (5 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Left
[52]
Romania [ edit ]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred Foot
Refs
Hussein Shehait
(2006-01-21 ) 21 January 2006 (age 18)
CSA Steaua București youth
Centre-back
Saudi Arabia [ edit ]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred foot
Refs
Ahmed Yasin
(1991-04-22 ) 22 April 1991 (age 33)
Al-Kholood Club (#99)
Right-winger
184 cm (6 ft 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[53]
South Korea [ edit ]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred foot
Refs
Rebin Sulaka
(1992-04-12 ) 12 April 1992 (age 32)
FC Seoul (#14)
Centre-back
192 cm (6 ft 3+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[54]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred Foot
Refs
Noah Darvich
(2006-09-25 ) 25 September 2006 (age 17)
FC Barcelona Atlètic (#21)
Attacking midfielder
184 cm (6 ft 1 ⁄2 in)
Left
[55]
Ali Mohammad Hatem
(2002-11-08 ) 8 November 2002 (age 21)
Las Rozas B
Left-winger
182 cm (5 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
Kaleem Shabout
(2001-01-18 ) 18 January 2001 (age 23)
RSD Alcalá
Centre-back
196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Right
[56]
Maill Lundgren
(2001-06-01 ) 1 June 2001 (age 23)
Real Murcia
Midfielder
177 cm (5 ft 9+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[57]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Height
Preferred foot
Refs
Amir Al-Ammari
(1997-07-27 ) 27 July 1997 (age 26)
Halmstads BK (Allsvenskan ) (#24)
Central midfielder
182 cm (5 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Left
[58]
Montader Madjed
(2005-04-07 ) 7 April 2005 (age 19)
Hammarby IF (Allsvenskan) (#38)
Right-winger
182 cm (5 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Left
[59]
Ahmed Qasem
(2003-07-12 ) 12 July 2003 (age 20)
IF Elfsborg (Allsvenskan) (#18)
Right-winger
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Left
[60]
André Alsanati
(2000-01-06 ) 6 January 2000 (age 24)
IK Sirius (Allsvenskan) (#22)
Right-winger
164 cm (5 ft 4+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Left
[61]
Allan Mohideen
(1993-11-11 ) 11 November 1993 (age 30)
Utsiktens BK (Superettan ) (#4)
Right-back
176 cm (5 ft 9+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[62]
Pashang Abdulla
(1994-05-29 ) 29 May 1994 (age 30)
Degerfors IF (Superettan) (#13)
Centre-forward
184 cm (6 ft 1 ⁄2 in)
[63]
Sumar Almadjed
(1996-03-13 ) 13 March 1996 (age 28)
Helsingborgs IF (Superettan) (#8)
Central midfielder
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Right
[64]
Amar Muhsin
(1997-12-27 ) 27 December 1997 (age 26)
Helsingborgs IF (Superettan) (#33)
Centre-forward
190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Left
[65]
Amin Al-Hamawi
(2003-12-17 ) 17 December 2003 (age 20)
Sandvikens IF (Superettan)
Centre-forward
181 cm (5 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[66]
Peter Gwargis
(2000-09-04 ) 4 September 2000 (age 23)
Örebro SK loan (Superettan) (#)
Right-winger
180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Left
[67]
Lucas Shlimon
(2003-02-15 ) 15 February 2003 (age 21)
Örebro SK (Superettan) (#22)
Central midfielder
Right
[68]
Hady Saleh Karim
(1997-09-11 ) 11 September 1997 (age 26)
Trelleborgs FF (Superettan) (#)
Central midfielder
[69]
Alai Ghasem
(2003-02-16 ) 16 February 2003 (age 21)
AFC Eskilstuna loan (Ettan ) (#27)
Right-back
184 cm (6 ft 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[70]
Josef Al-Imam
(2004-07-27 ) 27 July 2004 (age 19)
BK Olympic (Ettan) (#3)
Centre-back
184 cm (6 ft 1 ⁄2 in)
Left
[71]
Lass Hamawand
(2004-07-26 ) 26 July 2004 (age 19)
Torns IF (Ettan) (#22)
Central midfielder
[72]
Mustafa Omran Saleh
(2004-04-27 ) 27 April 2004 (age 20)
Ljungskile SK (Ettan)
Centre-back
192 cm (6 ft 3+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[73]
Hani Nesajer
(2005-01-10 ) 10 January 2005 (age 19)
Österlen FF
Goalkeeper
[74]
Marwan Baze
(1998-02-03 ) 3 February 1998 (age 26)
IF Sylvia
Central midfielder
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Right
[75]
Al-Hussain Shaker
Östers IF youth
Central midfielder
Right
Ahmed Saeed
Djurgårdens IF youth
Right-winger
Nadeem Omar
(2001-08-20 ) 20 August 2001 (age 22)
Unattached
Goalkeeper
187 cm (6 ft 1+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[76]
Martin Haddad
(1999-09-08 ) 8 September 1999 (age 24)
Unattached
Centre-back
182 cm (5 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[77]
Thailand [ edit ]
Player
Date of birth
Club
Position
Refs
Ali Ali
(2005-01-04 ) 4 January 2005 (age 19)
Esenler Erokspor youth
Goalkeeper
[81]
United States of America [ edit ]
Mohanad Jeahze playing for Hammarby . The left-back has roots from the Iraqi city of Samawah and has represented the national team 4 times.
Retired players [ edit ]
These are expatriate Iraqi players formerly selected and now retired.
Player
Date of birth
Int. caps
Int. goals
Position
Height
Preferred foot
Refs
Anmar Almubaraki
(1991-07-01 ) 1 July 1991 (age 32)
1
0
Attacking midfielder
173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Right
[85]
Brwa Nouri
(1987-01-23 ) 23 January 1987 (age 37)
9
1
Defensive midfielder
177 cm (5 ft 9+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[86]
David Haidar
(1992-06-05 ) 5 June 1992 (age 32)
0
0
Centre-back
188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Right
[87]
Hawbir Mustafa
(1993-09-23 ) 23 September 1993 (age 30)
1
0
Right-back
173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Left
[88]
Kais Al-Ani
(1997-03-29 ) 29 March 1997 (age 27)
0
0
Goalkeeper
196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Left
[89]
Murad Gerdi
(1986-03-07 ) 7 March 1986 (age 38)
1
0
Defensive midfielder
174 cm (5 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[90]
Rebin Asaad
(1994-10-31 ) 31 October 1994 (age 29)
0
0
Defensive midfielder
175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Right
[91]
Shwan Jalal
(1983-08-14 ) 14 August 1983 (age 40)
0
0
Goalkeeper
188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Left
[92]
Yaser Kasim
(1991-05-10 ) 10 May 1991 (age 33)
21
3
Central midfielder
181 cm (5 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Right
[93]
References [ edit ]
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