Hussein Abdul-Wahid ( ar, حسين عبدالواحد ) (born on 28 February 1985 in

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

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 ...

) is a former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He last played for

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 ...

where he was the club's captain.

Career

A defensive midfielder that was on the fringes of

Yahya Alwan Yahya Alwan Manhal ( ar, يحي علوان منهل, (born 1 July 1956 in Baghdad, Iraq) is a former Iraq national and Olympic coach, who is currently coach of Al-Naft Coaching career He is an Iraqi football player and coach, born in 1956 in th ...

’s Olympic team a couple of years ago. He played for Al-Sinaa and Zakho but finally made a name for himself at

Al-Zawraa Al-Zawraa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الزوراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team compete in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi footbal ...

. Played for

Erbil Erbil, also called Hawler (, ar, أربيل, Arbīl; syr, ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ, Arbel), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It lies in the Erbil Governorate. It has an estimated population of around 1,600,000. Hu ...

after spending the previous season with

Duhok Duhok ( ku, دهۆک, translit=Dihok; ar, دهوك, Dahūk; syr, ܒܝܬ ܢܘܗܕܪܐ, Beth Nohadra) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It's the capital city of Duhok Governorate. History The city's origin dates back to the Stone ...

. He then moved to

Al-Shorta 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 ...

in 2012. Hussein made his international Iraqi debut against Saudi Arabia and South Korea. He won the Iraqi League title with Al-Shorta in 2013 and 2019, the latter as captain, and is joint third-most successful player in the league's history with six titles.

Honors

Clubs

;

* Iraqi Premier League: 2005–06 * Iraqi Premier League: 2015–16 ;

* Iraqi Premier League: 2008–09 * Iraqi Premier League: 2011–12 ;

* Iraqi Premier League:

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

* Iraqi Premier League: 2018–19

References

External links

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Footballers from Baghdad Iraqi men's footballers Iraq men's international footballers Al-Zawraa SC players Erbil SC players 1985 births Living people Al-Shorta SC players Al-Shorta SC managers Men's association football midfielders {{Iraq-footy-midfielder-stub