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Jakub Yunis (born 25 March 1996) is a Czech-Iraqi professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays as a
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.


Career

Sigma Olomouc SK Sigma Olomouc is a Czech professional football club based in the city of Olomouc. The club currently competes in the Czech First League, the first tier of Czech football. The club played in the first tier league for 30 years between 1984 and 2 ...
coach Václav Jílek described him as a natural defensive forward. He made his league debut in Sigma Olomouc's
Czech National Football League The Czech National Football League (, ''FNL''), known as Chance Národní Liga due to sponsorship reasons, is the second level professional association football league in the Czech Republic. Before 2013 it was known as 2. liga or Druhá liga. The ...
5–1 loss at
Třinec Třinec (; ; ) is a city in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants, making it the least populated Statutory city (Czech Republic), statutory city in the country. The city ...
on 1 August 2015. He made his first starting 11 appearance in October 2016, scoring two goals in a 2–1 comeback win at Vítkovice. In the 2023 transfer window, Jakub Yunis signed for Iraqi side
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 ...
. He had completed his Iraqi paperwork so he qualifies as a local player.


International career

Jakub Younis is eligible to represent
the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
, through his mother as well as his place of birth, and
Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...
through his father, who originates from the city of Mosul. He has represented Czechia at many youth levels but has not represented them at senior level. In September 2015, he scored the winning goal in Czech Republic Under-20 national team's 1–0 victory against
England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
. In 2023, Yunis obtained an Iraqi passport so he is eligible to play for Iraq, subject to FIFA transferring his paperwork from the Czech FA to the Iraqi FA.


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SK Sigma Olomouc SK Sigma Olomouc is a Czech professional football club based in the city of Olomouc. The club currently competes in the Czech First League, the first tier of Czech football. The club played in the first tier league for 30 years between 1984 and 2 ...
Living people 1996 births Czech people of Iraqi descent Czech men's footballers Footballers from Brno Men's association football forwards Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Czech First League players Czech National Football League players Moravian-Silesian Football League players I liga players SK Sigma Olomouc players GKS Katowice players SFC Opava players Erbil SC players Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-footy-forward-stub