Mohannad Abdul-Raheem

Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Karrar (Arabic: مهند عبد الرحيم كرار‎‎; born 22 September 1993^[1]) is an Iraqi footballer an who plays as a striker for Al-Nasr and the Iraqi National Team. An Olympian,^[2] Mohannad is the 2012 Asian Young Footballer of the Year,^[3] and the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship's MVP.^[4]

Club career

Abdulraheem began his youth career at his native Al Karkh FC in 2006 and graduated to the first team in 2009. Three years later, he moved to Duhok where he spent two seasons from 2012 to 2014 before a season with JS Kabylie in Algeria. He returned to Iraq to join Al Zawra’a in 2015.

On October 19, 2016, Abdulraheem signed for Al-Nasr Dubai to replace Wanderley as the Asian player.

International career

Mohannad Abdul-Raheem has been called by Iraq coach Hakeem Shaker to represent Iraq first team in the upcoming 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations replacing Iraq super star Younis Mahmoud, but stating that he would like to play alongside Younis Mahmoud.^[5]

On 18 January 2013 his wishes came true when he played alongside Younis Mahmoud in the Gulf Cup of Nations finale against UAE national football team. Mohannad assisted the equalizer goal to Younis Mahmoud. however, the match ended 1-2 in the extra time for UAE.^[6]

On 1 February 2013, he scored two goals as Iraq won 3–0 in an unofficial training match against Malaysia.

Style of play

Abdulraheem is a physically strong and aggressive lone striker with good skills, tactical intelligence, and confidence in going at opponents with numerical superiority.^[7]

Personal life

There has been some controversy regarding the player's change of name from Mohanad Abdul-Rahman Kazar to Mohanad Abdul-Rahim Karrar in April 2011 just before he called into the Iraqi youth side, with claims that the player had altered his date of birth.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Career statistics

Iraq national team goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	1 February 2013	Al-Rashid Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Malaysia	2–0	3–0	Friendly match
2.				3–0
3.	21 February 2014	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	North Korea	2–0	2–0
4.	26 August 2015	Saida International Stadium, Saida, Lebanon	Lebanon	1–0	3–2
5.	29 March 2016	PAS Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Vietnam	1–0	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	21 August 2016	STAR Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	North Korea	1–1	1–1	Friendly match
7.	6 September 2016	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia	Saudi Arabia	1–0	1–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.	11 October 2016	PAS Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Thailand	1–0	4–0
9.				2–0
10.				3–0
11.				4–0

Honours

Club

Al-Zawraa

• Iraqi Premier League: 2015–16
• Iraq FA Cup: 2015-16 Runners-up

International

Iraq Youth team

• 2012 AFC U-19 Championship: Runners-up
• 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup: Fourth Place

Iraq National football team

• 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations: Runners-up

Asian cup u23 Third Place

Individual

• 2012 AFC U-19 Championship: MVP

• MVP of the match (3): vs. China, Thailand, and Australia.^[12][13][14]

• 2012 Asian Young Footballer of the Year: winner
• Iraqi Premier League Player of the Month Award: October 2015
• 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League joint top-scorer (12 goals)
• 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League Team of the Season

References

External links

• Player's profile on Goalzz.com
• AFC U-19 Championship 2012 semifinals: Iraq vs. Australia highlights on Youtube.com (Mohannad scored the first and assisted the second goal)

Iraq men's football squad – 2016 Summer Olympics
1 Talib 2 A. Ibrahim 3 Mustafa 4 Nadhim 5 Faez 6 Adnan 7 Ahmad 8 Abdul-Raheem 9 Kamel 10 Hosni 11 Tariq 12 Hameed 13 Karim 14 Natiq 15 Ismail 16 Abdul-Amir (c) 17 Ali Mhawi 18 Attwan Coach: Shahad