Brwa Nouri

Brwa Hekmat Nouri (Kurdish: بڕوا نوری‎; born 23 January 1987) is an Iraqi[2][3] professional footballer who plays for Indonesian club Bali United as a midfielder.[4] In 2016, he made his debut for the Iraqi national football team. Brwa is known for his strong ability in midfield, controlling the ball, shooting and passing.

Brwa Nouri
Brwa playing for Iraq in 2016
Personal information
Full name Brwa Hekmat Nouri
Date of birth (1987-01-23) 23 January 1987
Place of birth Urmia, Iran
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bali United
Number 6
Youth career
Vasalunds IF
0000–2004 AIK Fotboll
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 AIK Fotboll 3 (0)
2006 → Åtvidabergs FF (loan) 5 (1)
2007–2008 → Väsby United (loan) 30 (2)
2008 → Gröndals IK (loan) 10 (2)
2008–2013 Dalkurd 116 (37)
2014–2018 Östersund 121 (18)
2018– Bali United 43 (0)
National team‡
2003 Sweden U17 3 (0)
2004–2006 Sweden U19 3 (1)
2016–2018 Iraq 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2018

Club career

Nouri was born in Iran to Kurdish parents and moved with his family to Sweden as a child. He started his football career at Vasalunds IF before joining AIK at the age of 13. He won the JSM final with AIK and where he scored in the final against Västra Frölunda.

He made his A-team debut in AIK on October 7, 2005, against Falkenbergs FF in the Superettan. In 2006 he was with AIK's A-team but was loaned to Åtvidabergs FF.[4] He returned to AIK after the season but then he was loaned out again, this time to Väsby United in 2007. In total, Nouri played three league matches in the Superettan, a match in the Svenska cupen and 16 training matches for AIK.

Prior to the 2009 season, Nouri signed for Dalkurd FF. In November 2011, he extended his contract with the club for two years.

Östersunds FK

In 2014, Brwa Nouri signed for Östersunds FK, a team playing in the Superettan, the 2nd tier of Swedish football. He played his first game in the league against Ljungskile SK on April 6, 2014. Nouri quickly established himself as a vital part of the squad, and was the vice-captain of the club. He OFK finished the season in 5th place. In the next season, OFK finished second in the league table, and were promoted to the Allsvenskan. In their first season in the Allsvenskan, Brwa Nouri captained the team to an 8th-place finish and a historic Svenska Cupen victory, which saw them qualify to the Europa League qualifiers the following season.

ÖFK improved on their result the following season, finishing 5th in the Swedish league. ÖFK made headlines all around the world as they qualified to the group stages after defeating giants Galatasaray, where Brwa Nouri scored, Fola Esch, and PAOK, where Brwa Nouri scored.[5] ÖFK were drawn in group J alongside Athletic Bilbao, Hertha BSC, and Zorya Luhansk. OFK finished second in the group, level on points with Bilbao. Brwa became the first Iraqi to score in the Europa League when he scored the winner against Hertha Berlin.[6] ÖFK were knocked out by Arsenal in the round of 32.[7]

International career

Nouri was born in Urmia, Iran, to an Iraqi-Kurdish family. He was raised in Sweden and played for their youth national teams,[8][9] but switched to the Iraq national football team for World Cup Qualifiers in October 2016.[10] Nouri made his formal debut for Iraq in a 0–0 friendly tie with Jordan.[11][12] He played in Iraq for the first time ever on 5 October 2017, where he scored his first goal for Iraq.

International goals
Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.[13]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 October 2017Basra Sports City, Basra Kenya1–02–1Friendly

Club statistics
Club Season Division League Svenska Cupen UEFA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Åtvidabergs FF (loan) 2006 Superettan 51002071
Väsby United (loan) 2007 Division 1 2220000222
2008 Superettan 80000080
Gröndals IK (loan) 2008 Division 1 1020000102
Dalkurd FF 2009 Division 2 2090000209
2010 Division 1 261010002710
2011 2450000245
2012 2460000246
2013 2272000247
Östersunds FK 2014 Superettan 2724000312
2015 2740000274
2016 Allsvenskan 2743000304
2017 26600143409
2018 1420000112
Career totals 2826010014330663

Honours

Club
Östersunds FK
Bali United

References
  1. "Brwa Nouri: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. "Nouri om att välja Iraks landslag: "Jag bollade med Dalkurds ordförande"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  3. "Nouri om att möta AIK: "Kommer dra ut mitt hjärta"". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  4. "Truppen 2016" (in Swedish). Östersunds FK. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  5. ""Ska se ut som vi har 1 800 målchanser"".
  6. "Östersund vs. Hertha Berlin: Europa League - As it happened - bundesliga.com". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website.
  7. "Drömlottning för Östersund i Europa League". 11 December 2017.
  8. "P17/87: Sverige föll mot Polen — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se.
  9. "Spelare 2003 — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se.
  10. "Radhi Shenaishil names 23-man squad ahead of World Cup Qualifiers. - Soccer Iraq". 30 September 2016.
  11. http://www.iraqi-football.com/match-reports%5B%5D
  12. "Brwa Nouri fick chansen från start – debuterade för Iraks landslag mot Jordanien".
  13. "Nouri, Brwa Alaaeldin". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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