Salam Shaker Alidad ( , born 31 July 1986) is a football coach and former Iraqi professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back. He was part of the Iraqi team that finished fourth at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. He is currently part of the coaching staff at Al-Khor SC.

Personal life

Salam is of Kurds, Kurdish descent from the Feyli (tribe), Feyli tribe. He is the son of Iraqi international defender Shaker Alidad, who played for Al-Talaba SC, Al-Talaba in the 1970s and 80s.

Club career

Al Karkh

Salam started his career at Baghdad based club Al-Karkh SC before transferring to Al Shorta SC in 2004

Al Shorta

Shakir started all six of Al Shorta SC, Al-Shorta's 2005 AFC Champions League matches, being subbed off in only one of them. He was signed by Iraqi Premier League club Talaba SC, Al-Talaba in 2005.

Al Talaba

Salam signed for Al Talaba in 2005 for one season, playing 19 times and scoring one goal.

Erbil

Salam moved to Erbil in 2006. He remained there for two seasons where he won 2 league titles.

Al Khor

In 2008 Salam joined Qatari Club Al Khor. He remained there for over 7 years and played more than a century of matches. He captained the side for a number of seasons and is considered one of their greatest ever players.

Second stint at Al Shorta

Salam returned briefly to Al Shorta in 2015 and remained for one season where Al Shorta finished 3rd in the league.

Al Fateh

Salam signed for Saudi club Al-Fateh FC in 2015. He made his debut against Khaleej FC on 20 August of that year. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 victory over Al-Taawoun FC in April 2016. Al Fateh narrowly avoided relegation in his first season for the club. Salam and Al Fateh mutually agreed to terminate the contract, citing player's personal reasons to do so.

Al-Ittihad Kalba

On 4 July 2016, it was announced that Al-Ittihad Kalba SC would sign Salam Shaker on a free transfer. Salam was named captain of the team for the 2016/17 AGL Season. He scored his first goal for the club on 15 April 2017.

International career

Shakir represented the former Iraqi Olympic side that won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games at Doha, and he was called into the national B team for the 2007 King's Cup in Thailand. His debut with the Iraq national football team, senior team came in January 2008, when he played a defensive role in Iraq's 1–1 friendly draw with Jordan. Shakir made two appearances in Iraq's qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He played the entirety of the 1–1 draw against China national football team, China before starting again in the 1–0 loss to Qatar national football team, Qatar. Shakir later became a frequent starter for Iraq. He would be first choice center back with Ali Rhema. Shaker played in all the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC), 2014 World Cup qualification matches. Salam Shaker was the starting center back for Iraq in the 2015 Asian cup as the team finished fourth. He scored the deciding penalty Vs Iran in the Quarter final of the competition. On 29 March 2016, hours after captaining Iraq to a 1–0 win over Vietnam in the joint AFC and World cup qualification, Salam Shaker announced his retirement from international football, citing his reason to allow younger players the opportunity to represent the Iraqi national team.

International goals

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Honours

Club

;Erbil SC, Erbil *Iraqi Premier League: 2006–07 Iraqi Premier League, 2006–07, 2007–08 Iraqi Premier League, 2007–08 ;Al-Zawraa *Iraqi Premier League: 2017–18 Iraqi Premier League, 2017–18

External links

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Salam Shakir on Goalzz

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaker, Salam 1986 births Living people Kurdish men's footballers Iraqi men's footballers Iraq men's international footballers 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Iraqi expatriate men's footballers 21st-century Iraqi sportsmen Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Al-Khor SC players Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Men's association football central defenders Men's association football midfielders Al Fateh SC players Kalba FC players Al-Shorta SC players Saudi Pro League players Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Qatar Stars League players UAE Pro League players Asian Games silver medalists for Iraq Asian Games bronze medalists for Iraq Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists in football Asian Games bronze medalists in football