Qusay Munir

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Qusay Munir
Personal information
Full name Qusay Munir Aboodi
Date of birth April 12, 1981 (1981-04-12) (age 27)
Place of birth    Nasiriyah, Flag of Iraq Iraq
Playing position Defensive midfielder, Central midfielder
Club information
Current club Qatar SC
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-Present		 Al-Sinaa
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Khor
Al Hazm
Arbil FC
Sharjah FC
Qatar SC
   
National team2
2002-present Iraq 47 (5)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 14 June 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Qusay Munir Aboodi (Arabic: قصي منير عبودي, born April 12, 1981) is an Iraqi footballer who is a midfielder for Qatar SC in Qatar 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, and was part of the 2007 Asian Cup victory.

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[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] Qusay played a short term in Saudi Arabia for Al-Hazem then went to Qatar for Al-Khor before he fet a serious injury in 2006 cost him 1 year of his professional career, he recovered in 2007 and signed aRBIL and in the same year he won the Iraqi League, Qusay called for the 2007 Asian Cup campaign and was part of the Asian Cup champions squad, after the Asian Cup Qusay signed for 1 year contract with the emeriti Club Al-Sharjah. in 2008 he signed for Qatar Sports Club after 1 year in UAE.

[edit] Other honours (individual)

[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

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Iraqi Sports OnLine :: Media Portal - Footballers' Profiles/Qusai Munir Aboudi

[edit] External links

Awards
Preceded by
-		 Iraqi player of the Year
2004		 Succeeded by
Flag of Iraq Hawar M. Mohammed
v • d • e
Iraq squad - 2007 AFC Asian Cup Champions
1 Ahmad Ali • 2 Ghulam • 3 Bassim • 4 Khaldoun • 5 Nashat • 6 Sadir • 7 Ali Abbas • 8 Kobi • 9 Nasser • 10 Younis • 11 Hawar • 12 H. Abdul-Razzaq • 13 Karrar • 14 H. Abdul-Amir • 15 Ali Rehema • 16 Mnajed • 17 Luay • 18 Mahdi • 19 Haitham • 20 Nabeel • 21 Qusay • 22 Noor • 23 M. Kassid • Coach: Jorvan Vieira
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