Mohanad Abdulkadhim Qasim Al Jebur Jeahze ( ar, مهند جعاز, Muhanad Jihāz}; pronounced ; born 10 April 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a
left-back. Born in
Sweden
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, he plays for the
Iraq national football team.
Early life
Growing up in
Linköping, Jeahze started to play football as a youngster with local club
Karle IF, in the same age group as fellow professional footballer
Simon Olsson
Simon Olsson (born 14 September 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club Heerenveen.
Club career
On 2 August 2022, Olsson signed a four-year deal with Heerenveen
Heerenveen (, fry, It ...
. He moved on to
IK Östria Lambohov in his teens, that would reform as AFK Linköping, before joining the youth academy of Allsvenskan club
IFK Norrköping.
Club career
IFK Norrköping
On 20 June 2016, Jeahze signed a first-team contract with IFK Norrköping.
He spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons on loan at affiliated club
IF Sylvia in
Division 1, Sweden's third tier, making 41 appearances in total.
In 2017, he was loaned out to
Degerfors IF
Degerfors IF is a Swedish football club located in Degerfors. The club, formed 13 January 1907, is currently playing in the highest tier in Swedish football, Allsvenskan.
Background
Degerfors IF first played in the Allsvenskan in 1939 maki ...
in
Superettan
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, the domestic second tier, and played 11 games for the club during the first half of the season.
In the summer transfer window, he was sent on loan to
Syrianska FC
Syrianska Football Club, also known as Syrianska FC or simply Syrianska, is a Swedish professional football club based in Södertälje in Stockholm County. The club was founded by Syriac-Aramean immigrants in 1977 as Suryoyo Sportklubb, or Sury ...
in the same league, but suffered an injury in his debut for the club, that left him sidelined for the rest of the year.
IF Brommapojkarna
On 19 December 2017, Jeahze transferred to
IF Brommapojkarna, that recently had been promoted to Allsvenskan, on a four-year deal. He failed to make an impact during the season, playing only ten games in total, as the side finished 14th in the table and was relegated after suffering a defeat to
AFC Eskilstuna in the play-offs.
He left the club by mutual consent at the end of the year.
Mjällby AIF
On 9 January 2019, Jeahze signed a two-year deal with
Mjällby AIF in Superettan.
Playing as a left wing-back, he had his breakthrough the same season, playing 27 games and scoring three goals, as the club won the second division.
In 2020, Jeahze missed the start of the Allsvenskan season due to an injury, before making his comeback to the pitch and starting in 12 straight games.
Hammarby IF
On 25 August 2020, Jeahze transferred to
Hammarby IF
Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...
for an undisclosed fee, signing a three and a half-year contract.
On 30 May 2021, Jeahze won the
2020–21 Svenska Cupen
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, the main domestic cup, with Hammarby through a 5–4 win on penalties (0–0 after full-time) against
BK Häcken in the final.
He featured in all six games as the side reached the play-off round of the
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
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The final was played at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania, with Roma ...
, after eliminating
Maribor
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(4–1 on aggregate) and
FK Čukarički (6–4 on aggregate, in which Jeahze scored), where the club was knocked out by
Basel (4–4 on aggregate) after a penalty shoot-out.
Jeahze featured in the final of the
2021–22 Svenska Cupen
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, in which Hammarby lost by 4–5 on penalties to
Malmö FF after the game ended in a 0–0 draw. In May 2022, Jeahze was linked with a transfer to
Scottish Premiership club
Celtic
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**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
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, but the deal eventually fell through. On 27 July 2022, Hammarby announced that Jeahze would suspend training with the club indefinitely, due to ongoing transfer talks. The club's decision came after Jeahze caused controversy for reportedly refusing to take part in an Allsvenskan fixture against
Varbergs BoIS, following a rejected bid from Turkish
Süper Lig club
Beşiktaş
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. About a week later, on 3 August, Jeahze returned to training with Hammarby after issuing an apology to the club. He ended the 2022 season making 26 league appearances, scoring three goals, as the side finished 3rd in the Allsvenskan table.
D.C. United
On 7 December 2022,
Major League Soccer
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club
D.C. United
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announced they had signed Jeahze on a three-year deal, with an option for a further year. Jeahze was signed with targeted allocation money for an undisclosed fee, although reports suggested that it was set at around 7-10 million Swedish kronor.
International career
Although born in Sweden and having played in
Sweden
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's youth selection, Jeahze's family is from
Samawah
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,
Iraq and he pledged his allegiance to
Iraq in 2020.
A year later, in 2021, it was however reported that Jeahze was still undecided on which country to represent internationally, if called up.
On 11 November 2021, Jeahze formally made his debut for Iraq in a 1–1
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
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Parallel tour ...
tie with
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
.
Career statistics
Club
Honours
Mjällby AIF
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Superettan
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:
2019
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Hammarby IF
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Svenska Cupen:
2020–21
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See also
*
List of Iraq international footballers
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeahze, Mohanad
1997 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Linköping
Iraqi men's footballers
Iraq men's international footballers
Swedish men's footballers
Swedish people of Iraqi descent
Men's association football fullbacks
IFK Norrköping players
Degerfors IF players
Syrianska FC players
IF Brommapojkarna players
Mjällby AIF players
Hammarby Fotboll players
D.C. United players
Allsvenskan players
Superettan players
Ettan Fotboll players
Footballers from Östergötland County
Major League Soccer players