Sabah Jeayer

Sabah Jeayer, (born 30 November 1969) is an Iraqi football forward who played for Iraq in the 2000 Asian Cup, Talaba SC, and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.

Sabah Jeayer
Personal information
Full name Sabah Jeayer Khalaf
Date of birth (1969-11-30) 30 November 1969
Place of birth Iraq
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Al-Talaba - (–)
National team
1993–2001 Iraq 11 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sabah Jeayer was a talented forward, who is great in the air and also a goalscorer capable of rising to the big match occasion, with two goals at the 2000 Asian Cup.

He started his career with the Talaba SC youth team in 1986, before moving to Air Force club Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in 1991 and then moving back to Al-Talaba in 1993. He was given his first call-up to the national team in 1992.

In 1995, he helped Talaba to the Asian Cup Winners Cup final and scored 14 goals to help Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya win the double in 1997.

He was a member of Iraq's disastrous World Cup qualifying campaign for France'98, but stormed back after three years in exile with a magnificent double over hosts Lebanon in the Asian Cup. He was recalled by Milan Zivadinovic, who called him his secret weapon, Sabah has become one of Iraq’s star players.

The trickle of goals, he has scored during his career were always celebrated with an acrobatic somersault.[1]

International goals
Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 October 2000Sports City Stadium, Beirut Lebanon1–02–22000 AFC Asian Cup
2.2–2
3.12 April 2001Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Macau5–08–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.7–0

References
  1. Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2003.
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