Salam Shaker

Salam Shaker
Personal information
Full name	Salam Shaker Alidad
Date of birth	31 July 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraqi Republic
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
2003–2004	Al-Karkh
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004	Al-Karkh
2004–2005	Al-Shorta
2005–2006	Al-Talaba
2006–2008	Erbil SC
2008–2014	Al-Khor
2014–2015	Al-Shorta
2015–2016	Al-Fateh
2016–2017	Ittihad Kalba
2017	Al-Shorta
2017–2018	Al-Zawraa
2018–2019	Al-Talaba
International career‡
2008–2016	Iraq
Managerial career
2020	Al-Talaba (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2017; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2016

Salam Shaker Alidad (Arabic: سلام شاكر علي داد , born 31 July 1986) is a football coach and former Iraqi professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He was part of the Iraqi team that finished fourth at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. He is currently part of the coaching staff at Al-Khor SC

Personal life

Salam is of Kurdish descent from the Feyli tribe.^[1]

He is the son of Iraqi international defender Shaker Alidad, who played for Al-Talaba in the 1970s and 80s.

Club career

Al Karkh

Salam started his career at Baghdad based club Al-Karkh SC before transferring to Al Shorta SC in 2004

Al Shorta

Shakir started all six of Al-Shorta's 2005 AFC Champions League matches, being subbed off in only one of them.^[2] He was signed by Iraqi Premier League club Al-Talaba in 2005.

Al Talaba

Salam signed for Al Talaba in 2005 for one season, playing 19 times and scoring one goal.

Erbil

Salam moved to Erbil in 2006. He remained there for two seasons where he won 2 league titles.

Al Khor

In 2008 Salam joined Qatari Club Al Khor. He remained there for over 7 years and played more than a century of matches. He captained the side for a number of seasons and is considered one of their greatest ever players.

Second stint at Al Shorta

Salam returned briefly to Al Shorta in 2015 and remained for one season where Al Shorta finished 3rd in the league.

Al Fateh

Salam signed for Saudi club Al-Fateh FC in 2015. He made his debut against Khaleej FC on 20 August of that year. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 victory over Al-Taawoun FC in April 2016. Al Fateh narrowly avoided relegation in his first season for the club. Salam and Al Fateh mutually agreed to terminate the contract, citing player's personal reasons to do so.

Al-Ittihad Kalba

On 4 July 2016, it was announced that Al-Ittihad Kalba SC would sign Salam Shaker on a free transfer.^[3] Salam was named captain of the team for the 2016/17 AGL Season. He scored his first goal for the club on 15 April 2017.^[4]

International career

Shakir represented the former Iraqi Olympic side that won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games at Doha, and he was called into the national B team for the 2007 King's Cup in Thailand. His debut with the senior team came in January 2008, when he played a defensive role in Iraq's 1–1 friendly draw with Jordan.

Shakir made two appearances in Iraq's qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He played the entirety of the 1–1 draw against China before starting again in the 1–0 loss to Qatar.

Shakir later became a frequent starter for Iraq. He would be first choice center back with Ali Rhema. Shaker played in all the 2014 World Cup qualification matches.

Salam Shaker was the starting center back for Iraq in the 2015 Asian cup as the team finished fourth. He scored the deciding penalty Vs Iran in the Quarter final of the competition.

On 29 March 2016, hours after captaining Iraq to a 1–0 win over Vietnam in the joint AFC and World cup qualification, Salam Shaker announced his retirement from international football, citing his reason to allow younger players the opportunity to represent the Iraqi national team.^[5]^[6]

International goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.^[7]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 December 2010	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus	Syria	1–0	1–0	International Friendly
2.	19 August 2011	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha	Qatar	1–0	1–0	International Friendly
3.	30 June 2012	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, KSA	Sudan	1–0	1–1	2012 Arab Nations Cup
4.	6 January 2013	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town	Saudi Arabia	1–0	2–0	21st Arabian Gulf Cup