Mohammed Dawood Yaseen Al-Obaidi (Arabic: مُحَمَّد دَاوُود يَاسِين الْعُبَيْدِيّ, born 22 November 1998),[1] is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a forward. He plays for Al-Shorta in the Iraqi Premier League, and for the Iraq national team.

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, on 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.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 January 2021 Basra Sports City, Basra  Kuwait 1–1 2–1 Friendly

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-Shorta[10]

International

Iraq U-17

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d "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-Shorta Premier League 2021–22".
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Dawood_Yaseen
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