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Biography
Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Karrar (Arabic: مهند عبد الرحيم كرار; born 22 September 1993) is an Iraqi footballer an who plays as a striker for Al-Zawraa and the Iraq national team. An Olympian, Mohannad is the 2012 Asian Young Footballer of the Year, and the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship's MVP.
Club career
Abdulraheem began his youth career at his native Al Karkh FC in 2006 and graduated to the first team in 2009. Three years later, he moved to Duhok where he spent two seasons from 2012 to 2014 before a season with JS Kabylie in Algeria. He returned to Iraq to join Al Zawra’a in 2015.
On October 19, 2016, Abdulraheem signed for Al-Nasr Dubai as the Asian player.
International career
Mohannad Abdul-Raheem was called by Iraq coach Hakeem Shaker to represent Iraq first team in the 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations replacing Iraq super star Younis Mahmoud, but stating that he would like to play alongside Younis Mahmoud.
On 18 January 2013 he played alongside Younis Mahmoud in the Gulf Cup of Nations finale against UAE national football team. Mohannad assisted the equalizer to Younis Mahmoud. however, the match ended 1-2 in the extra time for UAE.
Style of play
Abdulraheem is a physically strong and aggressive lone striker with good skills, tactical intelligence, and confidence in going at opponents with numerical superiority.
Personal life
There has been some controversy regarding the player's change of name from Mohanad Abdul-Rahman Kazar to Mohanad Abdul-Rahim Karrar in April 2011 just before he called into the Iraqi youth side, with claims that the player had altered his date of birth.
Career statistics
Iraq national team goals
- Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 February 2013 | Al-Rashid Stadium, Doha, Qatar |  Malaysia | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly match |
| 2. | 3–0 | |||||
| 3. | 21 February 2014 | Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |  North Korea | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 4. | 26 August 2015 | Saida International Stadium, Saida, Lebanon |  Lebanon | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| 5. | 29 March 2016 | PAS Stadium, Tehran, Iran |  Vietnam | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6. | 21 August 2016 | STAR Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | North Korea | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly match |
| 7. | 6 September 2016 | Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia |  Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8. | 11 October 2016 | PAS Stadium, Tehran, Iran |  Thailand | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 9. | 2–0 | |||||
| 10. | 3–0 | |||||
| 11. | 4–0 |
Honours
Club
- Al-Zawraa
- Iraqi Premier League: 2015–16
- Iraq FA Cup: 2015-16 Runners-up
International
- Iraq Youth team
- 2012 AFC U-19 Championship: Runners-up
- 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup: Fourth Place
- Iraq National football team
- 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations: Runners-up
Individual
- 2012 AFC U-19 Championship: MVP
- MVP of the match (3): vs. China, Thailand, and Australia.
- 2012 Asian Young Footballer of the Year: winner
- Iraqi Premier League Player of the Month Award: October 2015
- 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League joint top-scorer (12 goals)
- 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League Team of the Season