Mustafa Karim

Mustafa Karim

Personal information
Full name	Mustafa Karim Abdullah
Date of birth	July 21, 1987 (1987-07-21) (age 24)
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	El-Ittihad El-Iskandary
Number	24
Youth career
2002–2004	Al-Talaba
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2005	Al-Kahraba	24	(16)
2005–2006	Al-Shorta	19	(14)
2006–2007	Arbil FC	13	(7)
2007–2009	Ismaily SC	52	(21)
2009–2010	Sharjah FC	10	(8)
2010	Al-Sailiya Sport Club	2	(2)
2010–2011	Baniyas SC	10	(3)
2011	Al-Shorta
2011-	El-Ittihad El-Iskandary
National team‡
2006	Iraq U-19	1	(1)
2006–2007	Iraq U-23	7	(8)
2008	Iraq U-21	2	(1)
2008–	Iraq	35	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10/2/2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 January 2011

Mustafa Karim Abdullah (Arabic: مصطفى كريم عبدالله‎) (born July 21, 1987 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi footballer. He currently plays for El-Ittihad El-Iskandary in Egypt. He plays as striker, and is known for his ability to score with both feet.

Career: Youth, Olympic and National Team

Youth Team

In 2005, Mostafa Karim took part with Iraq Youth team in the AFC Youth Championship Qualification, scored the qualifying goal against Kuwait and sent Iraq to the AFC Youth Championship 2006, but he couldn't join the team due to injury.

Olympic Team

In 2006, Mostafa Karim won the Silver Medal in the Asian Games with Iraq Olympic team. Mostafa Karim scored 4 goals in the Asian Games, 2 goals against Indonesia and one goal against Singapore in the 1st Round, while his fourth goal was the most precious goal against Malaysia, Iraq was leading the match 3-0 against Malaysia and Iraq needed a 4-0 win to qualify to the quarterfinals as the best second place runner, Mostafa Karim substituted in and scored the 4th goal from the first touch to sent Iraq Olympic team to the quarterfinals.

In 2007, Iraq Olympic team failed to qualify to the 2008 Olympic Games and finished behind Australia by 1 point, Mostafa Karim played most of the Olympic Games qualifications matches as substitution, and scored only 2 goals.

Iraq National Team Debut

In 2008, Mostafa Karim made his debut to the Iraq national team in a friendly match against Jordan On 24 January 2008.

Clubs Achievements

2004-2005

• On his first League ever Mostafa Karim won Iraq League Top scorers award with 16 Goals, and he was only 18 years.

2005-2006

• On his second League Mostafa Karim was Iraq League Top scorers runner-up with 14 Goals, and he was only 19 years.

2006-2007

• Mostafa Karim won his first League title with Arbil FC.

2007-2008

• Mostafa Karim join the Egyptian giant club Ismaily SC
• Voted as best Foreign player in Egyptian Premier League 2007.

2008-2009

• Egyptian Premier League Top scorers runner-up with 11 Goals, 1 goal behind the Top scorers.
• Egyptian Premier League runner-up with Ismaily SC, had to play a play-off match against Al-Ahly to decide the champion.

Honours

Country

• 2006 Asian Games Silver medallist.

Club

• Iraq Super League (2004-2005) top scorer.
• * Voted as best Foreign player in Egyptian Premier League 2007.

External links

• Mostafa Karim's League Statistics on Ismaily Official website
• Profile on goalzz.com
• Mustafa Karim Compilation

Awards
Preceded by Abandoned due to War	Iraq League top scorer 2004-05	Succeeded by Sahib Abbas
Preceded by Ali Mohammed	Runner-up Iraq League top scorer 2005-06	Succeeded by Sahib Abbas

Persondata
Name	Karim, Mustafa
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Short description
Date of birth	21 July 1987
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
Date of death
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