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Abbas Rahim

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Abbas Rahim
Personal information
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

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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

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Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 August 1999 Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid  Lebanon 3–0 4–0 1999 Pan Arab Games
2. 3 November 1999 National Stadium, Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates 1–0 2–2 Friendly
3. 22 October 2003 Manama National Stadium, Manama  Myanmar 2–1 3–1 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Death

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On 10 August 2012, Rahim died in a car crash on the road from Baghdad to Najaf. He was 33 years old.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. ^ [1], IraqSport; accessed 25 March 2015.
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