Mohammed Dawood Yaseen

Mohammed Dawood Yaseen (Arabic: محمد داود ياسين, born 22 November 2000),[1] is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a forward. He plays for Kerala blasters football club in the indian super League and for the Iraq national team

Mohammed Dawood
محمد داود
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Dawood Yaseen
Date of birth (2000-11-22) 22 November 2000
Place of birth Al-Za'franiya, Baghdad, Iraq
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Al-Shorta
Number 29
Youth career
2013–2015 Al-Oloom wal-Technologia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Al-Khutoot
2016–2021 Al-Naft (58)
2021– Al-Shorta 16 (8)
National team
2016–2017 Iraq U17 9 (9)
2017–2018 Iraq U20 2 (1)
2018– Iraq 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Dawood began his youth career at his native Al-Oloom wal-Technologia. He moved to Al-Khutoot and then joined Al-Naft SC in summer 2016, He scored his first league goal for Al-Naft in February 2017 against Al-Hussein SC in the Iraqi Premier League,[2] He scored another 8 goals in his debut season, and assisted so many others.[3] In season 2017–2018, he was the team's top scorer 18 goals, he was predominantly playing left winger.

International career

Iraq U-17

Dawood was first called up to Iraq national under-17 team squad for the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship, in 16 September 2016 he played against South Korea and helped Iraq claim a first ever AFC U-16 Championship before the striker picked up the tournament's Most Valuable Player and Top Scorer awards.[4][5][6][7]

International goals
Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 January 2021Basra Sports City, Basra Kuwait1–12–1Friendly

Style of play

Described as “ a very good player and studies the opponents very well,” added coach Chathir. “He is very talented and can play on the left and right side”,[4] was featured in The Guardian's list of the 60 best young talents in world football 2017.[8][9]

Honours

Club

Al-Naft[10]

International

Iraq U-17

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA U17 2017 SQUADLISTS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. "Goal for Al-Naft against Al-Hussein SC".
  3. "Mohammad Dawood – career statistics".
  4. "Iraq's Dawood wins MVP and Top Scorer awards".
  5. "Young Dawood inspired by iconic Iraq idol" (in Arabic).
  6. "Stars of Tomorrow: Mohammed Dawood (Iraq) | AFC" (in Arabic).
  7. "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2017.
  8. "Next Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in world". the Guardian.
  9. "Gifted Iraqi goal machine reaches for the stars". www.fourfourtwoarabia.com.
  10. "Al-Naft Premier League 2016–17".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.