Mustafa Nadhim Jari Al-Shabbani ( ar, مصطفى ناظم جاري, born 23 September 1993 in Al-Diwaniyah, Iraq) is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a defender for

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 ...

, and the Iraq national team. The defender played University football in

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, aged 16 when in Iraq most people would begin university at 18. In that same year, 2010, Mustafa helped guide his University to the Southern Universities Championship title for the first time with a comfortable 2–0 victory over Kufa University with one of the goals scored by future Olympic player Safa Jabar.

Club career

Al Najaf

Mustafa started his career at

Al Najaf Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...

where he spent three seasons with club, scoring nine goals.

Al Quwa Al Jawiya

Mustafa signed for

Al Quwa Al Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya ( ar, نادي القوة الجوية الرياضي, lit=Air Force Club) is an Iraqi sports club based in Rusafa District, Baghdad that competes in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1931 ...

for the 2013/14 season in which the team finished 4th. He left the team at the end of the season, signing 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 ...

Erbil SC

Mustafa spent 2015 with northern club

, before leaving due to financial problems.

Naft Al Wasat

Mustafa signed for reigning champions Naft Al-Wasat ahead of the 2015/16 season, he left in the winter transfer window in 2017.

Al Mina'a

On 27 January 2017, Mustafa signed for Basrah Club

Al-Minaa Al-Minaa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الميناء الرياضي, lit=Port Sports Club) is an Iraqi multi-sport club based in Al-Maqal, Basra that participates in the Iraq Division One, the second tier of Iraqi football. It is one of the mo ...

. He made his debut vs Al-Hussein on February 24, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 away victory.

International career

Mustafa Nadhim was one of Hakim Shaker's youth players and after sitting on the bench throughout the 23rd Gulf Cup in Saudi Arabia, he was given his international debut by his mentor in an unofficial friendly against Malaysia. The defender played at right back that day and scored an acrobatic overhead kick. On February 6, 2013 Mustafa Nadhim made his official International debut against Indonesia in the

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International goals

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

Honors

Club

;

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 ...

* Iraqi Premier League: 2018–19, 2022–23 ; Al-Faisaly * Jordanian Pro League:

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International

;Iraq Youth team *

2012 AFC U-19 Championship The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship is the 37th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved UAE as hosts of the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship on 23 November 2011.

: runner-up *

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the nineteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. It ran from 21 June to 13 July 2013. At the FIFA Executive Meeting in Zürich on 3 March 2011, ...

: 4th Place ;Iraq U-23 * AFC U-22 Championship:

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;Iraq *

21st Arabian Gulf Cup The 21st Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي) was the twenty-first edition of the biennial football competition. It took place in Bahrain in January 2013. The competition was originally scheduled to be hosted in the city of ...

: runner-up *

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: winner

References

External links

* Defender Mustafa Nadhim * * 1993 births Living people Iraqi men's footballers Olympic footballers for Iraq Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in football Asian Games bronze medalists for Iraq Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Iraq men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Al-Minaa SC players Al-Shorta SC players Al-Diwaniya SC players {{Iraq-footy-bio-stub