Mustafa Karim

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Mustafa Karim
Personal information
Full nameMustafa Karim Abdullah
Date of birth (1987-07-21) July 21, 1987
Place of birthBaghdad, Iraq
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubAl-Shorta
Number9
Youth career
2002–2004Al-Talaba
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2005Al-Kahraba24(16)
2005–2006Al-Shorta19(14)
2006–2007Arbil FC13(7)
2007–2009Ismaily SC52(21)
2009–2010Sharjah FC10(8)
2010Al-Sailiya Sport Club2(2)
2010–2011Baniyas SC10(3)
2011–2012El-Ittihad El-Iskandary14(4)
2013Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya11(10)
2013-Al-Shorta(6)
National team
2006Iraq U-191(1)
2006–2007Iraq U-237(8)
2008Iraq U-212(1)
2008–Iraq48(7)
2013Iraq Military10(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, June 27, 2012 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 14, 2013

Mustafa Karim Abdullah (Arabic: مصطفى كريم عبدالله) (born July 21, 1987 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi footballer. He currently plays for Al-Shorta in the Iraqi Premier League. He plays as striker, and is known for his ability to score with both feet.

Career: Youth, Olympic and National Team

Youth Team

In 2005, Mustafa Karim took part with Iraq Youth team in the AFC Youth Championship Qualification, scored the qualifying goal against Kuwait and sent Iraq to the AFC Youth Championship 2006, but he couldn't join the team due to injury.

Olympic Team

In 2006, Mustafa Karim won the Silver Medal in the Asian Games with Iraq Olympic team. Mustafa Karim scored 4 goals in the Asian Games, 2 goals against Indonesia and one goal against Singapore in the 1st Round, while his fourth goal was the most precious goal against Malaysia, Iraq was leading the match 3-0 against Malaysia and Iraq needed a 4-0 win to qualify to the quarterfinals as the best second place runner, Mustafa Karim substituted in and scored the 4th goal from the first touch to sent Iraq Olympic team to the quarterfinals.

In 2007, Iraq Olympic team failed to qualify to the 2008 Olympic Games and finished behind Australia by 1 point, Mostafa Karim played most of the Olympic Games qualifications matches as substitution, and scored only 2 goals.

Iraq National Team Debut

In 2008, Mostafa Karim made his debut to the Iraq national team in a friendly match against Jordan On 24 January 2008.

Clubs Achievements

2004-2005

  • On his first League ever Mustafa Karim won Iraqi League Top scorer award with 16 Goals, and he was only 18 years old.

2005-2006

  • On his second League Mustafa Karim was the Iraqi League Top scorer runner-up with 14 Goals, and he was only 19 years old.

2006-2007

  • Mostafa Karim won his first League title with Arbil FC.

2007-2008

2008-2009

International goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 September 2010 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman  Palestine 1–0 3-0 2010 WAFF Championship
2. 29 September 2010 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman  Palestine 2–0 3-0 2010 WAFF Championship
3. 1 October 2010 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman  Iran 1–1 1-2 2010 WAFF Championship
4. 16 July 2011 Amman International Stadium, Amman  Jordan 1–1 1-1 (4-5 pk) 2011 Fochs Int. Football Tournament
5. 29 February 2012 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha  Singapore 5–1 7-1 2014 FIFA World Cup qual.
6. 24 June 2012 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, KSA  Lebanon 1–0 1-0 2012 Arab Nations Cup
7. 27 June 2012 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, KSA  Egypt 1–1 2-1 2012 Arab Nations Cup
8. 3 July 2012 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, KSA  Morocco 1–2 1-2 2012 Arab Nations Cup

Honours

Country

Club

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Awards
Preceded by
Abandoned due to War
Iraq League top scorer
2004-05
Succeeded by
Iraq Sahib Abbas
Preceded by
Iraq Ali Mohammed
Runner-up Iraq League top scorer
2005-06
Succeeded by
Iraq Sahib Abbas
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