Abbas Rahim
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abbas Rahim Zaywer | ||
Date of birth | (1979-01-25)25 January 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
Date of death | 10 August 2012(2012-08-10) (aged 33) | ||
Place of death | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996-1997 | Al-Karkh SC | ||
1997-1998 | Al-Shorta | ||
1998-1999 | Al-Karkh SC | ||
1999-2000 | Al-Shorta | ||
2000 | Al-Zawraa | ||
2000-2004 | Al-Shorta | ||
2004 | Al-Jaish | ||
2004-2005 | Al-Shorta | ||
2005-2006 | Al-Zawraa | ||
International career | |||
1999–2003 | Iraq | 35 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Abbas Rahim (25 January 1979 – 10 August 2012) was an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 2000 Asian Cup and Al-Shorta and Al-Zawraa.
Playing career
Abbas Rahim was born on January 25, 1979, in Baghdad and started his playing career in the junior teams of Al-Nafat and Salikh. At the age of 13, he joined the Talaba youth where he spent two years before joining Al-Karkh - making his first team debut in 1995. A year later he transferred to Al-Shurta winning the league title in 1997–98. After a brief spell at Al-Karkh, he joined ‘the White Seagulls’ Al-Zawraa, winning the double in 2000 and scoring a remarkable seven goals in his first three league games for the club. Abbas joined Al-Shurta for the second time in 2001.
He was a prolific goal scorer at youth level and Under-19 level where he helped Iraq qualify for the AFC Asian Youth Championship in 1998. He had starred for the Iraqi Olympic side and was capable of turning a game on his own. A versatile left-sided player who could play at left-back, on the left wing, just behind the front two or as an out and out striker.
Abbas made his debut during the 1999 Pan-Arab games in Amman against Libya, scoring his first international goal in a 4–0 win against Lebanon. He played a part in the final against the hosts hitting the cross bar in extra time and was also one of three who hit the post in the penalty shoot-out.[1]
International goals
- Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 27 August 1999 | Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1999 Pan Arab Games |
2. | 3 November 1999 | National Stadium, Abu Dhabi | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
3. | 22 October 2003 | Manama National Stadium, Manama | ![]() | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
Death
On 10 August 2012, Rahim died in a car crash on the road from Baghdad to Najaf. He was 33 years old.[2]
References
External links
- Abbas Rahim at National-Football-Teams.com