Justin Meram

Justin Meram (Arabic: جستن حكمت عزيز ميرام) (born December 4, 1988) is a footballer who currently plays for the Columbus Crew SC in Major League Soccer and the Iraq national team. Meram qualifies to represent Iraq through his parents who were both born in that country. Justin was the youngest of Hikmat “Sam” Aziz Meram and Lamia Mansour Hormis’ four sons. His parents are ethnically Chaldeans (Chaldean Catholics) from the Tel Keppe District of Mosul, who immigrated to the United States and met in the Detroit area. Justin's father came to the US in 1967 while his mother arrived in 1975. In 2013, Meram began a two-year process to gain dual citizenship to become eligible to represent Iraq. About representing Iraq internationally over the United States, Meram said, "My goal was (to represent) Iraq from day one." Meram's Iraqi passport lists his name as Justin Hikmat Aziz (with his first name, father’s name, and the name of his grandfather), following local naming conventions.

Career

Meram

Meram is a town and district of Konya Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. Meram is one of the central districts of Konya along with the districts of Karatay and Selçuklu. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 267,878 of which 231,386 live in the urban center of Meram.

Sister cities

Meram is twinned with:

Akjoujt, Inchiri Region, Mauritania

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