Rebin Sulaka
Quick Facts
Biography
Rebin Sulaka (Arabic: ريبين سولاقا, born 12 April 1992), is a Swedish Iraqi football player of Assyrian ethnicity, who plays as a defender for the Iraq national team. Rebin is the tallest player in the Iraqi national team, at 1.93 metres (6 ft 4 in). He is known for his strength and passing qualities.
Club career
Sulaka started playing football in Eskilstuna City FK, where he as a 15-year-old made his debut in the first team. After the 2012 season, he did not renew the contract with the club. For the 2013 season he signed for Dalkurd FF. In January 2014 he signed a three-year contract with Ljungskile SK. In February 2015 wrote Sulaka on for Syrianska FC. In August 2015, he was loaned out to AFC United.
Elverum
Sulaka signed for Norwegian club Elverum for the 2016 season. After a successful season that ended in promotion to the second tier, he extended his contract for the 2017 season. He left the club mid-season and moved to Qatar.
Al-Markhiya
On 9 July 2017, Sulaka signed for Qatari club Al-Markhiya. He made his debut on 16 September, playing the full 90 minutes in a shock victory against giants Al-Sadd. He was picked in the team of the week for his performance.
Radnički Niš
Recently arrived at Radnički Niš, coach Milorad Kosanović expressed to the club management Sulaka to be his main desire to reinforce the defense, so the Serbian club signed him on August 30, 2019, a day before the closing of the transfer-window in Serbia and most Europe.
International career
In 12 June 2015, Rebin played his first game for the Iraq national team against Japan in Yokohama, the match ended in a 4-0 defeat. Rebin was present in the final rounds of Iraq's 2018 world cup qualifying campaign, in which Iraq failed to qualify to the world cup. In 2019, he was chosen in the Iraqi squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
Personal life
Sulaka was born in the suburb of Ankawa in Erbil, Iraq. Sulaka is of Assyrian ethnicity. In 2002 the 10-year-old-Sulaka, along with his family, moved to Sweden.