Mustafa Karim Abdullah ( ar, مصطفى كريم عبدالله) (born 21 July 1987) is an Iraqi

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. He last played for Al-Talaba. He plays as striker, and is known for his ability to score with both feet.

Career: Youth, Olympic and National Team

Youth Team

In 2005, Mustafa Karim took part with Iraq Youth team in the AFC Youth Championship Qualification, scored the qualifying goal against Kuwait and sent Iraq to the

AFC Youth Championship 2006 The 2006 AFC Youth Championship was the 34th instance of the AFC Youth Championship. It was held from 29 October to 12 November 2006 in India. It was the first time for India to host this tournament. Sixteen teams from the AFC qualified to the f ...

, but he couldn't join the team due to injury.

Olympic Team

In 2006, Mustafa Karim won the Silver Medal in the

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with Iraq Olympic team. Mustafa Karim scored 4 goals in the

, 2 goals against

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and one goal against

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in the 1st Round, while his fourth goal was the most precious goal against

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, Iraq was leading the match 3-0 against

and Iraq needed a 4-0 win to qualify to the quarterfinals as the best second place runner, Mustafa Karim substituted in and scored the 4th goal from the first touch to send the Iraq Olympic team to the quarterfinals. In 2007, Iraq Olympic team failed to qualify to the

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and finished behind Australia by 1 point, Mustafa Karim played most of the Olympic Games qualifications matches as substitution, and scored only 2 goals.

Al Zawraa

Mustafa Karim Signed for Iraqi champions Al Zawraa from Naft Al Wasat on the January transfer window of 2017. He made his debut as a second half substitute Vs Al-Hedood and scored the winning goal in the dying moments of the match. In 2008, Mustafa Karim made his debut to the Iraq national team in a friendly match against

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On 24 January 2008.

Clubs Achievements

2004-2005 * Mustafa Karim won Iraqi League Top scorer award with 16 Goals, and he was only 17 years old. 2005-2006 * Mustafa Karim was the Iraqi League Top scorer runner-up with 14 Goals, and he was only 18 years old. 2006-2007 * Mustafa Karim won his first League title with

Arbil FC Erbil Sports Club ( ar, نادي أربيل الرياضي, ) is a sports club based in the city of Erbil, Kurdistan Region that plays in the Iraqi Premier League, the first-tier of Iraqi football. The club is also known as "Yaney Hewlêr", the ...

. 2007-2008 * Mustafa Karim join the Egyptian giant club

Ismaily SC Ismaily Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الإسماعيلي الرياضي) is an Egyptian professional football club, established on 20 March 1921 as El Nahda Sporting Club ( ar, جمعية نهضة الشباب المصري ) ( Egyptian pronunc ...

* Voted as best Foreign player in

Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League ( ar, الدوري المصري الممتاز), also known as WE Egyptian Premier League (WE EPL) after the addition of title sponsor WE, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the top level of th ...

2007. 2008-2009 *

Top scorers runner-up with 11 Goals, 1 goal behind the Top scorers. *

runner-up with

, had to play a play-off match against

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to decide the champion.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''

Honours

Country

2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

Silver medallist. * 2012 Arab Nations Cup Bronze medallist *

2013 World Men's Military Cup The 2013 World Military Cup take part in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. The Tournament is also known as CISM World Football Trophy. It's the first edition of the new format in additional to the Military World Championship. Group stage Group A - ...

: Champions

Club

* Won the

2006–07 Iraqi Premier League The 2006–07 Iraqi Premier League kicked off on December 22, 2006 and finished on July 6, 2007. Erbil were crowned champions for the first time in their history, defeating Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 in the final, hosted at the Franso Hariri Stadium, ...

with

Erbil Erbil, also called Hawler (, ar, أربيل, Arbīl; syr, ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ, Arbel), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It lies in the Erbil Governorate. It has an estimated population of around 1,600,000. H ...

. * Won the

2016–17 Iraq FA Cup The 2016–17 Iraq FA Cup was the 28th edition of the Iraqi knockout football cup as a clubs-only competition, the main domestic cup in Iraqi football. A total of 19 teams from the Iraqi Premier League and 41 teams from the Iraq Division One part ...

with

Al-Zawraa Al-Zawraa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الزوراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team compete in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football ...

Individual

2004–05 Iraqi Premier League The 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League kicked off on October 20, 2004. The 36 teams were split into four groups. At the end of the group stage, the top three teams from each group (a total of 12 teams) advanced to the Elite Stage, while the bottom thre ...

top scorer * Best foreign player in the

in 2007 *

top scorer

References

External links

Mustafa Karim's League Statistics on Ismaily Official websiteProfile on goalzz.comMustafa Karim Compilation
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