Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail

Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail
Personal information
Full name Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Labid
Date of birth 21 September 1976 (1976-09-21) (age 35)
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current club Al-Talaba
Number 50
Youth career
1987–1992 Al-Rasheed
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1992–1999 Al-Talaba 35 (7)
1999–2001 Al-Ahly
2001–2002 Al-Shaab
2002–2003 Al-Ahly
2003 Al-Shaab
2003–2006 Esteghlal Ahvaz 72 (3)
2006–2009 Sepahan 88 (9)
2009 Foolad 7 (0)
2010– Al-Talaba
National team‡
1997–2009  Iraq 66 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2008.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2009

Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Labid (Arabic: عبدالوهاب ابولهیل لابد‎, born September 21, 1976 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi football midfielder. He currently plays for Al-Talaba.

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Abu Al-Hail started his career with Al Talaba. He left the club in 1999, moving to Al-Ahli Saida of Lebanon and then to Al-Shaab of the United Arab Emirates. In 2003, he moved to Iran, playing for Esteghlal Ahvaz, Sepahan and Foolad, his current club.

At international level, Abu Al-Hail featured prominently in Iraq's qualifying campaign for the 2002 FIFA World Cup under then coach Rudolf Belin. Olympic manager Adnan Hamad called the midfielder into his squad for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Abu Al-Hail was not selected in Iraq's title-winning 2007 AFC Asian Cup squad as the national authorities stayed faithful to players from the former youth team that had won the AFC Youth Championship 2000.

Club career

Abu Al-Hail started his career by playing for Al-Talaba in Iraq. He has also played for Al-Akhaa and Al-Shaab of the UAE. In 2003, he moved to the Iranian Pro League club Esteghlal Ahvaz. After three seasons he joined the Esfahani club Sepahan.And stayed there for another 3 season where he won the Hazfi Cup once during his time and playe lots of matches in ACL and CWC. He moved to Foolad for 2009-10 season but he was rejected by the new coach Majid Jalali.

Club Career Statistics

Last Update 2 May 2010

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2003–04 Esteghlal Ahvaz Persian Gulf Cup 24 2 - -
2004–05 23 0 - -
2005–06 25 1 - -
2006–07 Sepahan 29 4 12 1
2007–08 31 5 0 5 0 5
2008–09 28 0 0 5 0 0
2009–10 Foolad 7 0 0 0 - - 7 0
Total Iran 167 12 22 1
Career total 167 12 22 1
Season Team Assists
06–07 Sepahan 2
07–08 Sepahan 2
08–09 Sepahan 1

International career

Abu Al-Hail is a member of the Iraq national football team. and was part of Iraq Olympic team in the 2004 Olympic Games, reached the 4th place.

Honours

Country

Club

External links

1 Hassan • 2 Mahmoud • 3 Abdul-Ridha • 4 Hanoon • 5 Muhsin • 6 Aziz • 7 Hassb • 8 Mohammed • 9 Abdul-Jabar • 10 A. Obeid • 11 Jeayer • 12 Hashim • 13 Rahim • 14 Salem • 15 Drain • 16 H. Obeid • 17 Adan • 18 Assad • 20 Fawzi • 21 Abdul-Hussein • 22 Radhi • 25 Abu Al-Hail • Coach: Živadinović
Iraq squad – 2004 AFC Asian Cup
Iraq squad – 2004 Olympic Games
Iraq squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup