Karrar Ibrahim (19 September 1994 – 9 July 2020) was an Iraqi professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Olympic team in 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.

Karrar Ibrahim
Personal information
Full name Karrar Ibrahim Almusawi
Date of birth (1994-09-19)19 September 1994
Place of birth Basra, Iraq
Date of death 9 July 2020(2020-07-09) (aged 25)
Place of death Baghdad, Iraq
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–2009 Al-Minaa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2017 Al-Minaa 97 (0)
2017–2018 Naft Al-Janoob (0)
2018–2019 Al-Minaa 13 (0)
2019–2020 Al-Talaba (0)
International career
2010 Iraq U17
2011–2013 Iraq U20
2013–2016 Iraq U23
2015 Iraq
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Ibrahim started playing football at the Al-Minaa Academy,[1] and was able to win with Al-Minaa U16 team the Basra Clubs Youth League in 2009.[2]

In September 2009, he was promoted to play with the club's first team. In 22 May 2010, he played his first match in the Iraq Stars League against Al-Hasanain, where he entered as a substitute in the second half, and proved that he is no different from the team's main goalkeeper after he was able to thwart the opponent's striker Hassan Jabbar's one-on-one.[3]

He stayed with the club until 2017,[4] where he appeared in 97 matches, then moved to Naft Al-Janoob for one season. Then he returned to Al-Minaa for another season, and played in 13 matches, after which he moved to Al-Talaba to play for it in the 2019–2020 season.[5]

International career

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Ibrahim was first picked to represent Iraq in 2010, when the under-17 coach Adel Nima selected him to be a part of his 23-man squad to play in Arab School Sports Games in Beirut,[6] in which they won the football gams and won gold medals.[7][8]

He was also selected by the coach Abdul-Ghani Shahad to be part of the 27-man Olympic squad to play in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[9][10] In 6 November 2015, coach Yahya Alwan called him in the Iraq squad for the first time in a match against Chinese Taipei.[11]

Death

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In 9 July 2020, the player's body was found dead inside his car in Baghdad, showing signs of strangulation.[12][13]

Al-Minaa Club suspended its sports activities for three days in mourning for the death of its former goalkeeper and considered the 20 as a retired number for posthumous honour,[14] and the President of Asian Football Confederation, Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, issued a statement of condolence about the player.[15]

Honours

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Al-Minaa

References

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  1. ^ "وقفة طويلة مع حارس الميناء ومنتخب الشباب كرار ابراهيم". forum.kooora.com (in Arabic). 28 March 2011.
  2. ^ "الميناء يحقق لقب بطولة أندية البصرة للناشئين بكرة القدم". iraqifs.acaa-p.com (in Arabic). 25 August 2009.
  3. ^ "الحسنين يغرق في سواحل الميناء مرتين". forum.kooora.com (in Arabic). 23 May 2010.
  4. ^ "الميناء البصري يجدد تعاقده مع حارس الاولمبي كرار ابراهيم". alkass.net (in Arabic). 10 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Karrar Ibrahim, Biographical information". olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ^ "العراق المدرسي يحرز ذهبية الدورة المدرسية ال18". niiiis.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  7. ^ "منتخب العراق المدرسي يتوج بذهبية كرة القدم في بيروت". radiosawa.com (in Arabic). 4 August 2010.
  8. ^ "العراق يخطف ذهبية القدم في الألعاب المدرسية". elsport.com (in Arabic). 5 August 2010.
  9. ^ "27 لاعبا في قائمة الاولمبي العراقي". kooora.com (in Arabic). 11 December 2015.
  10. ^ "نجومنا السابقون يشيدون بالاولمبي ويرونه قريبا من تحقيق الحلم‬". aladalanews.net (in Arabic). 24 January 2016.
  11. ^ "23 لاعبا في التشكيلة النهائية للمنتخب العراقي لمواجهة الصين تايبيه‬". rudaw.net (in Arabic). 6 November 2015.
  12. ^ "وفاة حارس العراق الأولمبي السابق في ظروف غامضة". al-ain.com (in Arabic). 10 July 2020.
  13. ^ "العثور على جثة حارس مرمى نادي الميناء السابق مخنوقا داخل سيارته في بغداد". mawazin.net (in Arabic). 10 July 2020.
  14. ^ "تعليق النشاط الرياضي لنادي الميناء حداداً على وفاة اللأعب كرار إبراهيم". aliraqnews.com (in Arabic). 11 July 2020.
  15. ^ "رئيس الاتحاد الاسيوي يعزي بوفاة الحارس كرار إبراهيم". ifa.iq (in Arabic). 11 July 2020.
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