Qusay Munir
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| Qusay Munir | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Qusai Munir Aboudi | |
| Date of birth | April 12, 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Sadr City, Iraq | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | No Club due to injury |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-present |
Al-Sinaa Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Khor Al-Hazm No Club due to injury |
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| National team | ||
| 2002-present | Iraq | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Qusay Munir (قصي منير in Arabic, born April 12, 1981) is an Iraqi footballer who is a midfielder for Al-Tadhamon and the Iraq national football team. Munir, the defensive midfielder of the Iraqi national team, is most noted for playing a big role in addition to playing every single minute in Iraq's successful 2004 Olympic campaign.
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[edit] Profile
- Date of birth: 12 April 1981
- Birthplace: Sadr City, Iraq
- Height: 169 cm (5'7")
- Weight: 71 kg (157 lbs.)
- Position: Midfielder
- Previous Clubs: Al-Sinaa, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Khor, Al-Hazm, Al-Tadhamon.
- Current Club: Al-Tadhamon
- Int'l Goals:
- Int'l Caps:
- Hobbies:
[edit] Career
Qusai Munir has been one of the revelations after the war, the former attacker turned midfield enforcer had been on the fringes of the Olympic team before the war until Adnan Hamad gave him a chance and handed the 22 year-old player his debut against Syria, Qusai replied with a goal in a convincing 3-1 victory, and has since earned himself a regular place in midfield despite getting himself sent-off only few minutes after scoring the equaliser against Fajr-Sepasi at the 2003 Emir Abdullah Al-Faisal in Abha, Saudi Arabia. Qusai later scored the all-important fourth goal in the 4-1 win over North Korea in Amman; which gave Iraq a place in the last round of the Olympic qualifiers. Shortly after his goal; Qusai was handed his first international call-up by Bernd Stange and took part in Iraq’s tour of Australia in Perth and Albany, and came on as a substitute in the first 20 minutes after an injury to Haitham Khadim. Before his inclusion in the Olympic team, Qusai had been playing as a centre forward for Al-Sinaa, in the Iraqi first division and netted six times and two in the Iraqi cup during the 2002/2003 season before the league was suspended due to the outbreak of war in March 2003, he moved to the Air Force Club (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) at the end of the war and has turned out some impressive performances in the Iraqi league and the AFC Champions League. [1]
[edit] Other honours (individual)
- Named Iraqi Footballer of the Year in 2004.
[edit] Famous matches
- Iraq Olympic football team vs. North Korea Olympic football team (Olympic Qualifiers 2004) -- Scored crucial fourth goal
- Iraq vs. Turkmenistan (Asian Cup 2004) -- Scored winning goal
