Mustafa Nadhim

Mustafa Nadhim Jari Al-Shabbani (Arabic: مصطفى ناظم جاري, born 23 September 1993 in Al-Diwaniyah, Iraq)[2] is an Iraqi footballer[3] who plays as a defender for Al-Zawraa, and the Iraq national team.

Mustafa Nadhim
Nadhim with Iraq U23 in 2016
Personal information
Full name Mustafa Nadhim Jari Al-Shabbani[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-23) 23 September 1993[1]
Place of birth Al Diwaniyah, Iraq
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Center-back
Team information
Current team
 Al-Zawraa
Number 44
Youth career
2009–2010 Al-Diwaniya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Najaf
2013–2014 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2014–2015 Erbil
2015–2016 Naft Al-Wasat
2016–2017 Al-Minaa
2017–2018 Najaf
2018–2019 Al-Shorta 10 (0)
2019–2020 Al-Zawraa
2020 Al-Shorta
2020–2022 Al-Diwaniya
2022 Al-Najma
2022–2023 Al-Faisaly
2023 → Al-Shorta (loan) 6 (0)
2023– Al-Zawraa
International career‡
2011–2013 Iraq U20 16 (0)
2011–2016 Iraq U23 30 (4)
2013– Iraq 30 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 April 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2021

The defender played University football in Diwaniya, aged 16 when in Iraq most people would begin university at 18. In that same year, 2010, Mustafa helped guide his University to the Southern Universities Championship title for the first time with a comfortable 2–0 victory over Kufa University with one of the goals scored by future Olympic player Safa Jabar.[4]

Club career

Al Najaf

Mustafa started his career at Al Najaf where he spent three seasons with club, scoring nine goals.

Al Quwa Al Jawiya

Mustafa signed for Al Quwa Al Jawiya for the 2013/14 season in which the team finished 4th. He left the team at the end of the season, signing for Erbil.

Erbil SC

Mustafa spent 2015 with northern club Erbil, before leaving due to financial problems.

Naft Al Wasat

Mustafa signed for reigning champions Naft Al-Wasat ahead of the 2015/16 season, he left in the winter transfer window in 2017.

Al Mina'a

On 27 January 2017, Mustafa signed for Basrah Club Al-Minaa.[5] He made his debut vs Al-Hussein on February 24, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 away victory.

International career

Mustafa Nadhim was one of Hakim Shaker's youth players and after sitting on the bench throughout the 23rd Gulf Cup in Saudi Arabia, he was given his international debut by his mentor in an unofficial friendly against Malaysia. The defender played at right back that day and scored an acrobatic overhead kick.[4] On February 6, 2013 Mustafa Nadhim made his official International debut against Indonesia in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification.[6]

International goals
Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.[7]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 October 2013Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut Yemen2–13–2Friendly
2.21 February 2014Zabeel Stadium, Dubai North Korea1–02–0Friendly
3.4 August 2018Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram Palestine2–03–0Friendly
4.12 January 2023Basra International Stadium, Basra Yemen1–05–025th Arabian Gulf Cup

Honors

Club
Al-Shorta
Al-Faisaly

International
Iraq Youth team
Iraq U-23
Iraq

References
  1. "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Iraq" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. "fifa profile player". Archived from the original on May 15, 2016.
  3. "Rio2016 Mustafa Nadhim". Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  4. Mubarak, Hassanin. "Iraq Olympic Team Profile". Archived from the original on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  5. Soccer Iraq [@SoccerIraq] (27 January 2017). "📰" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. Soccerway.com Iraq vs. Indonesia
  7. "Fanar, Raad". National Football Teams. Retrieved 8 August 2018.




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