Ahmed Mnajed Abbas ( ar, أحمد مناجد) (born 13 December 1981) is a former Iraqi

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

. He last played for Sulaymaniya FC in

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

and the

Iraq national football team The Iraq national football team ( ar, منتخب العراق لكرة القدم) represents Iraq in international football and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association (IFA), the governing body for football in Iraq. Iraq's usual home ...

. He usually played the second striker position.

Biography

Ahmed Menajed was in the Iraq squad in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup, but he featured in only one game, coming on as a substitute against Turkmenistan. After the tournament, he moved from Al Zawra’a to Bahrain side Rifaa in October 2004. He spent two seasons in Bahrain before joining Lebanon's Al Ansar in August 2006, helping them to win their 13th Lebanon League title this year. He was brought into the Iraqi national team by Milan Zivadinovic, making his international debut as a half-time substitute in the 0–0 draw with Lebanon on January 31, 2001. He played for Iraq at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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Career statistics

International goals

''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''

Managerial statistics

Honours

Country

* 4th place in 2004 Athens Olympics * 2007 Asian Cup winner

Club

Iraqi Premier League The Iraqi Premier League ( ar, الدوري العراقي الممتاز) is the top level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and operates on a system of promotion ...

**Winner:1 *** 2010 with

Duhok SC Duhok Sports Club ( ar, نادي دهوك الرياضي, ku, یانه‌یا وه‌رزشی یا دهوکێ), founded in 1970, is a Kurdish professional sports club, based in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, that competes in the Iraqi Premier League, ...

Iraqi Elite Cup The Iraqi Elite Cup ( ar, كأس النخبة العراقي), known officially as the Baghdad Championship ( ar, بطولة بغداد) and previously known as the Mother of all Battles Championship ( ar, بطولة أم المعارك, ''Botola ...

** Winner:3 *** 2000 With

Al Shorta SC Al-Shorta Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشرطة الرياضي, lit=''Police Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 17 different sports, more than any other Iraqi club, and the best known sectio ...

*** 2001 With

*** 2002 With

* Bahraini FA Cup ** Winner:2 *** 2004 with

Riffa S.C. Al-Riffa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الرفاع الرياضي) is a Bahraini professional Association football, football club based in Riffa, that competes in the Bahraini Premier League, the top flight of Football in Bahrain, Bahraini footbal ...

Bahraini Crown Prince Cup The Bahraini Crown Prince Cup was a Bahraini knockout tournament in men's association football that is played between the top-4 of the Bahraini Premier League in the previous year. The competition was run between 2001 until 2009 and was dominated ...

**Winner:1 *** 2004 with

Lebanese Premier League The Lebanese First Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الأولى), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. There are 12 teams competing in the league, ...

**Winner:2 *** 2006 with

Al-Ansar SC Al Ansar Football Club ( ar, نادي الأنصار الرياضي, lit=The Supporters Sporting Club) is a football club based in Tariq El Jdideh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . Formed in 1951, the club did not win its ...

*** 2007 with

Lebanese FA Cup The Lebanon Cup (), commonly known as the Lebanese FA Cup, is a Lebanese football annual cup competition. The first edition, held in 1937, was won by Nahda. The most successful club in the competition is Ansar with 15 titles, followed by Nejmeh ...

**Winner 3 *** 2006 with

*** 2007 with

*** 2010 with

References

1981 births Expatriate footballers in Lebanon Iraqi footballers Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Iraq Iraqi expatriate footballers Living people Al-Zawraa SC players Al Ansar FC players Lebanese Premier League players Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Expatriate footballers in Bahrain 2004 AFC Asian Cup players 2007 AFC Asian Cup players AFC Asian Cup-winning players Amanat Baghdad players Iraqi Sunni Muslims Al-Shorta SC players Association football forwards Iraq international footballers {{Iraq-footy-forward-stub