Yassir Raad Mohammed (; born 25 June 1983 in
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 ...
) is an
Iraq
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i defender who plays for
Sulaymaniya FC.
The left-side
Al-Zawraa
Al-Zawra'a Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Al-Zawra'a have won the most ...
player is capable of playing in defence, as well as midfield. Yassir has been one of the Iraqi league's top defenders for the past four years, having played for
Al-Defaa Al-Jawiya (now
Al-Istiqlal),
Al-Shorta
Al-Shorta Sports Club () is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Iraq, Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 19 different sports, and the best known section of the club is the football team, whose origins date back to 1932. Al-Shorta was for ...
,
Al-Zawraa
Al-Zawra'a Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Al-Zawra'a have won the most ...
and now
Arbil FC
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 was first selected for the Olympic team by
Wathik Naji in October, 2002. The former Iraqi national coach picked a squad of twenty-four players from a list of 217 players; A month later,
German
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coach
Bernd Stange
Bernd Walter Stange (born 14 March 1948) is a German football manager who last managed the Syria national team.
During his playing career, he played for Chemie Gnaschwitz, Vorwärts Bautzen, and HSG DHfK Leipzig as a defender.
Playing care ...
took over the team and Yassir made his international debut for Iraq in the 2-2 draw with
Bahrain
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in
Doha
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. At the end of the war, Yassir played at the 2003
Arab Club Championship
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F ...
in
Cairo
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, where he played against
Kuwait SC
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,
Al-Jaish and
Zamalek
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, which would be one of his last appearances for the
Police Club before he moved to Al-Zawraa. He was recalled by coach
Adnan Hamad
Adnan Hamad Majid Al-Abbassi (; born 1 February 1961) is an Iraqi football manager and former player, who last managed Saudi Pro League club Al-Orobah.
Career Playing career
Adnan was born in Samarra, Iraq, the son of a wealthy land-owning fam ...
and played a part in the side’s 5-1 demolition of Al-Nasr at the Emir Abdullah Al-Faisal Cup in
Abha
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, the team reached went all the way to the final where they beat
Morocco
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1-0. He was used sparely by coach Hamad making only two appearances in the Qualifiers for the
2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
in
Athens
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, as well as giving him a starting place in the friendly against
South Korea
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in
Seoul
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in April.
Honours
Country
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2005 West Asian Games
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Gold medallist.
Sources
1983 births
Living people
Iraqi men's footballers
Al-Zawraa SC players
Naft Maysan SC players
Erbil SC players
Duhok SC players
Zakho SC players
2004 AFC Asian Cup players
Al-Shorta SC players
Men's association football defenders
Iraq men's international footballers
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