Karoj Sindi (born 21 August 1989) is a 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 ...

who most recently played as a winger for FSV Duisburg. At international level, he played for the Iraq U19 and Iraq U20.

Club career

Sindi was born in

Zakho Zakho, also spelled Zaxo ( ku, زاخۆ, Zaxo, syr, ܙܵܟ݂ܘܿ, Zākhō, , ) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, at the centre of the eponymous Zakho District of the Dohuk Governorate, located a few kilometers from the Iraq–Turkey b ...

, Iraq. He moved to Germany when he was two years old and grew up in

Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ...

. He played youth football for

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was on ...

and

Wuppertaler SV Wuppertaler SV is a German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in 1929 out of the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cronenberg and Ronsdorf – e ...

and made his senior debut with Wuppertaler SV in the

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, playing 70 minutes of a match against Carl Zeiss Jena. Sindi joined NRW-Liga club

VfB Homberg The VfB Homberg is a German association football club from the Homberg quarter of Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed July 1969 through the merger of ''Homberger Spielverein'' and ''Sportvereinigung 89/19 Hochheide''. __TOC_ ...

from Wuppertaler SV in summer 2010. In November, having made five substitute appearances for the club, he agreed the termination of his contract. After his stint at VfB Homberg he played for the reserves of

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club

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, followin ...

. In summer 2012 Sindi signed with

Regionalliga West The Regionalliga West is a German semi-professional football division administered by the Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. Being the single flight of the Western ...

side Rot-Weiss Oberhausen. After the first half of the season, during which he made 20 appearances scoring one goal and making two assists and was noted for missing goalscoring opportunities, he was demoted to the club's reserves by coach

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. He was released in summer 2013. In February 2014, after months of searching for a new club, Sindi joined

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 ...

club

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, ...

on a contract until the end of the season. He agreed the termination of his contract with

Oberliga Niederrhein The Oberliga Niederrhein ( en, Premier League of the Lower Rhine) is a German amateur football division administered by the Football Association of the Lower Rhine, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the Lowe ...

side

1. FC Bocholt 1. FC Bocholt is a German association football club based in Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia. History The team was founded 21 August 1900 as ''Fußball-Club Bocholt'' and in 1919 was joined by ''VfvB Bocholt'', which had been established in 191 ...

in January 2015. In January 2016, having left Regionalliga West club

TuS Erndtebrück TuS Erndtebrück is a Football in Germany, German association football club from the town of Erndtebrück, Siegen-Wittgenstein. The club was established in 1895 as the gymnastics club ''Turnverein Erndtebrück''. Today, ''TuS'' has a dozen other ...

, he joined Germania Ratingen 04/19 of the Oberliga Niederrhein. In summer 2016 Sindi signed with

Lao Premier League The Lao League 1 ( lo, ລາວ ພຣີເມຍລີກ), known for sponsorship reasons as the Pepsi Lao League 1, is a Association football, football league representing the sport's highest level in Laos. The league is composed of seven clu ...

club Nuol FC in Laos, where he stayed for two years. He took part in the ''Wiederentdeckt'' project, a casting show for footballers wanting to become professionals. In the first half of the 2018–19 season, Sindi made seven appearances for TV Herkenrath 09 in the Regionalliga West. He moved to Oberliga Niederrhein side FSV Duisburg in January 2019. Sindi joined Wuppertaler SV for a third time in January 2020 and made an assist on his debut in a 3–1 win against VfB Homberg in the Regionalliga West.

International career

Sindi played youth international football for the Iraq U19 and Iraq U20 national teams. He also made an appearance for the senior national team in an unofficial friendly. In 2012 he stated he would no longer accept call-ups.

Style of play

A winger, Sindi's is known for his pace and his

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abilities. He has been compared to former Germany international

David Odonkor David Odonkor (born 21 February 1984) is a German footballer who plays as a right winger. He plays for the amateur side SC Düsseldorf-West II. He started playing professionally with Borussia Dortmund, appearing in 90 competitive matches. In th ...

Personal life

Sindi also has a German passport.

References

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