Mustafa Nadhim

Mustafa Nadhim Jari (Arabic: مصطفى ناظم جاري‎, born 23 September 1993 in Al-Diwaniyah, Iraq)[1] is an Iraqi footballer defender [2] who plays for Al-Diwaniya FC in the Iraq Premier League and also plays for the Iraq national team.

Mustafa Nadhim
Personal information
Full name Mustafa Nadhim Jari Al-Shabbani
Date of birth (1993-09-23) 23 September 1993
Place of birth Al Diwaniyah, Iraq
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Center Back
Club information
Current team
 Al-Diwaniya FC
Youth career
2009–2010 Al-Diwaniya FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Najaf ? (9)
2013–2014 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya ? (2)
2015 Erbil ? (1)
2015–2017 Naft Al-Wasat ? (0)
2017 Al-Minaa 14 (0)
2017–2018 Najaf
2018–2019 Al-Shorta 10 (0)
2019–2020 Al-Zawraa
2020 Al-Shorta 0 (0)
2020– Al-Diwaniya FC
National team‡
2011–2013 Iraq U20 16 (0)
2011–2016 Iraq U23 30 (4)
2013– Iraq 28 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 April 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2018

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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[3] On February 6, 2013 Mustafa Nadhim made his official International debut against Indonesia in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification.[5]

International goals
Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.[6]
#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

Honors

Club
Al-Shorta

International
Iraq Youth team
Iraq

References
  1. "fifa profile player".
  2. Rio2016 Mustafa Nadhim
  3. Mubarak, Hassanin. "Iraq Olympic Team Profile". Archived from the original on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  4. Soccer Iraq [@SoccerIraq] (27 January 2017). "📰" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. Soccerway.com Iraq vs. Indonesia
  6. "Fanar, Raad". National Football Teams. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
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