Mohammed Dawood Yaseen

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Mohammed Dawood Yaseen
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Dawood Yaseen
Date of birth (2000-11-22) 22 November 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Al-Za'franiya, Baghdad, Iraq
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward / Winger
Team information
Current team
Al-Najaf
(on loan from 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 89 (13)
2024–Al-Najaf (loan)
International career
2016–2017 Iraq U17 9 (9)
2017–2018 Iraq U20 2 (1)
2018– Iraq 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 July 2023

Mohammed Dawood Yaseen (Arabic: محمد داود ياسين, born 22 November 2000),[1] is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a forward. He plays for Al-Najaf in the Iraqi Premier League, on loan from Al-Shorta, and for the Iraq national team.

Club career[edit]

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[edit]

Iraq U-17[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Club[edit]

Al-Shorta[10]

International[edit]

Iraq U-17

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  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".

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