Noor Sabri Abbas Hasan Al-Baidawi ( ar, نور صبري عباس حسن البيداوي), simply known as Noor Sabri (born 6 June 1984 in Baghdad,

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 an Iraqi professional

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. He plays for

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in the

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 ...

. He played 16 years for the Iraqi national team and retired from international football in 2018.

Career

Noor Sabri belongs to the country's golden generation that was nurtured by Adnan Hamad. He broke on to the Asian scene in the

AFC Youth Championship 2000 The 2000 AFC Youth Championship was held between November 12 and 26 in Iran. It was won by Iraq 2–1 over Japan. Participants * Iran (qualified as hosts) * * * * * * * * * The teams that reached the semi-final qualified for the 2001 FIFA Wo ...

, when he warmed the bench until the final game against

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. Despite serving as the replacement for the suspended first choice

Ahmed Ali Jaber Ahmed Ali Jaber ( ar, أحمد علي جابر) (born 2 August 1982 in Baghdad, Iraq) is a former Iraqi football goalkeeper. He was part of the Iraq national football team. He played in all four of Iraq’s matches in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup. Howe ...

, Sabri earned praise for keeping Iraq in contention before

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scored the title-winning goal. He was quickly back on the sidelines as the team played in the subsequent 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup in

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, where they failed to progress beyond the group stage. However, although he served as a back-up to Jaber with the national youth team, Sabri proved a fast learner at the club level and went from strength to strength with Iraqi first division side Al-Zawraa. He saved two penalties in the

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semi-final penalty shootout to help Iraq eliminate rivals

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on their way to the title. His improvement impressed German coach

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so much that the youngster was called into the team that eventually booked a surprise berth to 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), ...

. He started in all six of Iraq's games during their campaign and performed admirably as Iraq stormed into the last four. He won the

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in 2005 with Al-Talaba when they defeated Al-Zawraa 5–4 on penalties in the final with Noor saving two penalties and scoring one himself in the shootout. Like many of his team-mates on the Olympic squad, Sabri graduated to the country's senior team. He went on to make the No. 1 jersey his own in the ensuing years and was part of the side that earned Iraq's maiden continental title in

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, conceding just two goals throughout Iraq's title-winning campaign. Sabri impressed throughout the competition as Iraq reached the semi-final, where they were presented with the daunting task of facing the

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. The two sides remained level at 0–0 after extra time and a penalty shootout beckoned. After both sides were on target in the first three rounds, Sabri made a decisive save by tipping away Yeom Ki-Hun's shot. After

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hit the post in their final attempt, it was Sabri and his team-mates who, against all expectations, progressed to the final. In March 2016, Sabri announced his retirement from international football, adding that the reason is to allow young players an opportunity to represent the Iraqi national team. In March 2018, he returned to the national team to play his 100th match. On 24 June 2018, Noor Sabri joined Saudi club Hajer.

Honours

Iraq * 2002 WAFF champions *

2004 Athens 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), ...

: fourth place * 2005 West Asian Games Gold medallist. *

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...

* 2012 Arab Nations Cup Bronze medallist Al-Zawraa *

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Naft Al-Wasat * 2014–15 Iraqi Premier League Individual *

2007 AFC Asian Cup The 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the 14th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held from 7 to 29 July 2007. For the first time in its h ...

goalkeeper of the tournament *

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 ...

goalkeeper of the tournament. * Soccer Iraq Team of the Decade: 2010–2019

Personal life

Noor Sabri is Muslim and married. He has 4 children.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabri, Noor Living people 2004 AFC Asian Cup players Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2007 AFC Asian Cup players 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup players AFC Asian Cup-winning players Association football goalkeepers Iraqi footballers 1984 births Iraq international footballers Sanat Mes Kerman F.C. players Expatriate footballers in Iran Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Iran Olympic footballers of Iraq Sportspeople from Baghdad Iraqi Shia Muslims Iraqi expatriate footballers Al-Zawraa SC players Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya players Najaf FC players Al-Shorta SC players Al-Mina'a SC players Naft Maysan FC players Hajer FC players Saudi First Division League players Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia FIFA Century Club

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