Mohammed Ali Karim

Mohammed Ali Karim
Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Ali Karim
Date of birth	25 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Iraq
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Iraq U16 (Assist. Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2007	Al-Shorta
2007–2008	Al-Jazeera Club Amman
2008	Al-Shorta
2008–2009	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2009	Al-Jazira Club
2009–2010	Mes Kerman
2010	Al-Zawraa
2010–2011	Al-Shorta
2011	Erbil
2011–2012	Al-Zawraa
2012–2014	Al-Talaba
2014–2018	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
International career‡
2007–2011	Iraq
Managerial career
2019–	Iraq U16 (Assist. Manager)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2009; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 January 2011

Mohammed Ali Karim (Arabic: محمد علي كريم) (born June 25, 1986 in Iraq) is an Iraqi football defender. As of 2019 he was coaching the Iraq U16 as assistant.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Club career

Mohammed Ali Kareem has established himself as one of the most promising players in Iraq. Born in June 1986, he started his playing career as a teenager in 2005 with Bagdad-based Al Shorta, where he spent two years honing his skills and gaining valuable experience. 2007 he was signed by Jordanian giants Al Jazeera Amman, where he spent a season before returning to his homeland for short stints with Al Shorta again and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya followed by a lucrative move to the Abu Dhabi-based Al Jazira. He then moved to Al Zawraa and in October 2010 he moved back to Al Shorta, where he was given the number 2 shirt, after Samal Saeed left Al Shorta. In March 2011 Mohammed Ali Karim signed on a contract with Arbil SC.^[7] Shortly after Mohammed signed with Al-Zawra'a SC before signing for Talaba SC in 2012

International career

Kareem broke into Iraq's Olympic side (U23) and played a key defensive role in the silver-winning campaign at the 2006 Asian Games at Doha. Karim earned his first senior call-up in 2008 under Adnan Hamad and featured in three of the Iraqis' six qualifying games in Asia's third stage of qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, including the 1–0 victory over Australia.