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Zaxo FC
Zakho Sport Club, () also spelled as Zaxo Sport Club (, ''Yana Zaxo ya Werzişî''), is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Zakho, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. History Football in Zakho was played unofficially from the early 1920s with many local amateur games as well as school competitions regularly being held in Zakho or nearby districts. This eventually led to the formation of the first ever football team in Zakho in 1948. This was made up of local workers and young men. Beginnings In 1986 the management team of the Zakho Youth Sporting Center which consisted of president Yousef Dawad Jabo as well as members: Ali Omran, Bashar Rahmallah, Khaled Hussein, Neshan Kerob, Khalat Ramadan and Khwaste Furman came up with the idea of starting Zakho Football Club to replace the Sporting Center or to be a part of it. According to the National Olympic Committee of Iraq one of the requirements for the creation of the club was that there was to be actual participation of the Sporting Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurdish Languages
Kurdish (, , ) is a Northwestern Iranian language or group of languages spoken by Kurds in the region of Kurdistan, namely in southeast Turkey, northern Iraq, northwest Iran, and northern Syria. It is also spoken in northeast Iran, as well as in certain areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Kurdish varieties constitute a dialect continuum, with some mutually unintelligible varieties, and collectively have 26 million native speakers. The main varieties of Kurdish are Kurmanji, Sorani, and Southern Kurdish (). The majority of the Kurds speak Kurmanji, and most Kurdish texts are written in Kurmanji and Sorani. Kurmanji is written in the Hawar alphabet, a derivation of the Latin script, and Sorani is written in the Sorani alphabet, a derivation of the Arabic script. A separate group of non-Kurdish Northwestern Iranian languages, the Zaza–Gorani languages, are also spoken by several million ethnic Kurds.Kaya, Mehmet. The Zaza Kurds of Turkey: A Middle Eastern Minority i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erbil SC
Erbil Sports Club (, ) is an Iraqi professional sports club based in the city of Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq that plays in the Iraq Stars League, the first-tier of Iraqi football. Erbil are one of the most successful teams in Iraq, and the most successful from the Kurdish region, having won the league title 4 times, including a record-tying three times in a row between 2006 and 2009. In 2012, Erbil became the first Iraqi team to reach the final of the AFC Cup, a feat they repeated in 2014 AFC Cup but lost both times. Erbil also fields a football team in the Kurdistan Premier League, as well as a team in the majority of sports across the country. History Early History and promotion to the top division Erbil SC was founded on 3 November 1968, by the former Kurdistan-Iraq Football Association and spent decades in regional leagues and lower league competitions. The team finally qualified for the top division for the first time in the 1987-88 season, where they finished 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiloan Hamad
Jiloan Mohammed Hamad Amin Alla Werdi (; born 6 November 1990), simply known as Jiloan Hamad, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger. Born in Soviet Azerbaijan and of Iraqi descent, Hamad moved to Sweden and represented their national team before switching to represent Iraq. Early and personal life Hamad was born in Azerbaijan, and is of Kurdish descent. His family originates from Ranya, Iraqi Kurdistan. They sought refugee status in both Turkmenistan and Russia before settling in Sweden in 1992, when Jiloan was two years old. Mohammed Hamad, Jiloan's father, was a guerrilla warrior in the Kurdish peshmerga for 15 years before fleeing Iraq together with his wife and children. Club career BK Forward Having joined their youth setup aged 14–15, Hamad started his footballing career at the local club BK Forward in Örebro. He debuted in the senior team in 2006, aged 16, when the club competed in the Swedish third tier called Division 1. During the upcoming two se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf
Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf Al-Qafaje (; born 25 February 1992), known as Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf, is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays for Zakho SC and the Iraqi national team. He plays as a centre back. Club career Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf Al-Qafaje was born in Al-Qayyarah in Nineveh Province, some 75 km south of the city of Mosul. Ahmed starred for his local team Al-Qayyarah SC playing in defence and sometimes in midfield and was paid a handsome fee to turn out for the side. With no top division club in his home province, Ahmed moved to Al-Sharqat where he started his top flight career before he was signed by Salahddin and then Erbil, a move which opened the door for his international debut in 2010. Only two years after playing local football in Al-Qayyarah, Ahmed was lining up as a starter for the Iraqi national team against India in Sharjah and went onto be named in the 2011 Asian Cup squad. Youth career Ibrahim started his career at Al-Shirqat before moving to Salahddi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavo Henrique (footballer, Born 1995)
Gustavo Henrique Rodrigues (born 8 November 1995) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for V.League 1 club Ninh Binh. Career Revealed by Ferroviária, Gustavo Henrique played most of his career in teams in the São Paulo countryside. In the 2019 season, he was loaned by Atibaia to Boa Esporte and Vila Nova, playing his first matches in the Brazilian championship. In 2020 he was part of the Serie D champion squad with Mirassol, and later played for ABC and Figueirense. In 2023 he was Vietnamese champion with Hanoi Police, and was subsequently hired by Zahko SC from Iraq. Loaned to América de Natal in 2024, he was state champion in addition to playing in the 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. In June 2025, Gustavo Henrique returned to Vietnam, joining newly promoted V.League 1 side Ninh Binh. Honours ;Mirassol *Campeonato Brasileiro Série D: 2020 ;Hanoi Police *V.League 1: 2023 ;América de Natal *Campeonato Potiguar The Campeonato Potiguar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliyu Yau Adam
Aliyu Yau Adam (born 7 May 2000) is a Nigerian football midfielder who plays for Al-Ittihad Tripoli. He was a squad member for the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations The 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations was the third edition of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international age-restricted association football, football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the .... References External links * 2000 births Living people Footballers from Jos Nigerian men's footballers FK Spartaks Jūrmala players FC Sfîntul Gheorghe players Hapoel Acre F.C. players Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players Al Ittihad SCSC (Tripoli) players Latvian Higher League players Moldovan Super Liga players Liga Leumit players Libyan Premier League players Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Libya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Ali Abbood
Mohammed Ali Abbood Suwaed (; born 1 October 2000) is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a midfielder for Iraqi Premier League club Zakho and the Iraqi national team. Club career Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Mohammed joined Iraqi Premier League club Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya in September 2017 from Iraqi First Division League side Al-Najda. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya In September 2018, Abbood signed for Iraqi club Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. He started the 2018 AFC Cup Final as Jawiya won the tournament for the third successive year. Ali Abbood made his AFC Champions League debut on 12 February 2019, against Uzbek side Pakhtakor. International career Youth Mohammed's first international call up came in 2015 with the Iraq U16s for the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers. He was included in the final squad for the tournament and helped Iraq win their first-ever tournament. Abbood was called up to the Iraq U17s for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup as Iraq were eliminated in the knockout round. Senior I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moisés Gaúcho
Moisés Wolschik (born 24 September 1994), known simply as Moisés or Moisés Gaúcho is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Zakho SC. Career Lajeadense Moisés Gaúcho began his career at Clube Esportivo Lajeadense in Rio Grande do Sul. On 9 February 2013, he had his first senior call up, remaining an unused substitute in a 1–1 draw at Sport Club ULBRA in that year's Campeonato Gaúcho. Eight days later he made his debut, playing the full 90 minutes of a 3–0 home win over Futebol Clube Santa Cruz as Lajeadense won their group; he totalled four appearances over the season as they finished as runners-up. In the ensuing national season, he totalled seven Campeonato Brasileiro Série D appearances, starting with a 4–4 draw against J. Malucelli Futebol on 1 June. Grêmio On 19 September 2013, Moisés Gaúcho signed for powerhouse Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense. He made his debut for them on the following 19 January, playing the full 90 minutes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yousef Al-Alousi
Yousef Raed Al-Alousi (Arabic: يُوسُف رَائِد الْأَلُوسِيّ; born 17 December 1993) is a Jordanian footballer who is a defender for Zakho in the Iraq Stars League. Born in Iraq to Jordanian and Iraqi parents, he represents Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ... internationally. References External links * jo.gitsport.net Living people 1993 births Jordanian men's footballers Jordanian people of Iraqi descent Jordanian expatriate men's footballers Jordanian Pro League players Iraq Stars League players Jordanian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq Al-Faisaly SC players Shabab Al-Ordon SC players Naft Al-Wasat SC players Al-Naft SC players Amanat Baghdad SC players Zakho SC players Men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amjad Attwan
Amjad Attwan (born 12 March 1997) is an Iraqi professional footballer who currently plays for Zakho in the Iraq Stars League. He can be deployed as a defensive midfielder or central midfielder. International debut On 18 March 2016, Attwan made his first international cap for Iraq against Syria in a friendly match. International goals ''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.'' Style of play and Fans Attwan is a hard-working player. He excels at breaking down opposition plays due to his positional sense, defensive attributes, tactical intelligence and ability to read the game. with high technique. Attwan is a fan-favourite amongst the Iraqi people and fans of Al-Shamal. His unique hairstyle and finesse on the ball makes him a remarkable player to watch. Honours Naft Al-Wasat *Iraqi Premier League: 2014–15 Al-Shorta *Iraqi Premier League: 2018–19 *Iraqi Super Cup: 2019 Al-Kuwait *Kuwaiti Premier League: 2019–20 *Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: 2019–20 Iraq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud Al-Aswad
Mahmoud Al Aswad (; born 14 September 2003) is a Syrian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Iraq Stars League club Zakho and the Syria national team. Club career Born in Homs, Al-Aswad is a youth product of his local club Al-Karamah. In 2019, when he was 16 years old, he was promoted from the under-19 team to the first team of Al-Karamah. International career Having represented Syria at under-20 and under-23 level, Al-Aswad was called up to the senior squad in November 2022 for friendlies against Belarus and Venezuela. On 20 November 2022, Al-Aswad made his international debut with the Syria national team in a 1–2 friendly defeat against Venezuela. In January 2024, Al-Aswad was named in Syria's 26-men squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. He started in all of Syria's matches during the tournament as a right winger In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
