- Mostafa Karim
Football player infobox
playername = Mustafa Karim
fullname = Mustafa Karim Abdullah
height = 1.76
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|7|21
cityofbirth =Baghdad
countryofbirth =Iraq
years = 2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–"present"
clubs =Al-Kahraba Al-Shorta Arbil FC Ismaily SC
currentclub =Ismaily SC
clubnumber = 24
position = Striker
youthyears = 2003–2004
youthclubs =Al-Kahraba
caps(goals) = ? (16)
? (14)
? (7)
35 (16)
nationalyears = 2006
2006–2007
2008–
nationalteam = Iraq u-19
Iraq u-23
Iraq
nationalcaps(goals) =1 (1)
? (8)
7 (0)
pcupdate =4 October ,2008
ntupdate =22 June 2008 Mostafa Karim Abdullah ( _ar. مصطفى كريم عبدالله) (born
July 21 ,1987 inBaghdad ) is an Iraqi football player who currently plays forIsmaily SC inEgypt and the Iraq Olympic team, He plays as Striker and he is known of his ability to score by 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 hist 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 withArbil FC .2007-2008
* Mostafa Karim join the Egyptian giant clubIsmaily SC
* Voted as best Foreign player inEgyptian Premier League 2007.Goals scored for Ismaily SC
Honours
Country
* 2006 Asian Games Silver medallist.
Club
*
Iraq Super League (2004-2005) top scorer.
* * Voted as best Foreign player inEgyptian Premier League 2007.External link(s)
* [http://www.ismailyonline.com/2003/module.php?module=pstats&pid=493&rid=59&tid=18&debug=0&language=0&lang=en Mostafa Karim's League Statistics on Ismaily Official website]
* [http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?player=12160 Profile on goalzz.com]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVwUSvNPpyY Mustafa Karim Compilation]
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