Rewan Amin (, ; born 8 January 1996) is an Iraqi Kurdish professional footballer who plays as a

defensive 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 ...

for

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 ...

and the Iraq national team.

Club career

Born in

Dohuk 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 Ston ...

, Iraq, Amin and his family migrated to the Dutch city of

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the ...

when he was three. Three years later, he joined the youth setup of LAC Frisia 1883, before switching to the academy of

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, fry, It Hearrenfean ) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the municipality had a population 50,859 (1 July). ...

six years later. In 2013, he signed a three-year contract extension with the club. In March 2013, reports emerged of English club

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expressing their desire to sign him. In the pre-season of 2014–15, Amin injured his right knee. In the first match after his recovery, Amin was again injured against

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football. G ...

. Even though he recovered after the winter break, Amin was again injured, this time in a workout which ruled him out of play for eight weeks. On 12 May 2016, his contract was extended for another season. Although Amin played 32 times for the reserves, he failed to make a first team debut at Heerenveen. On 2 February 2017, he moved to Swedish second-tier club

Dalkurd FF Dalkurd Fotbollsförening, commonly known as Dalkurd FF or simply Dalkurd () is a Swedish football club based in Uppsala. The club plays in the Ettan Norra, which is the third tier of football in the country. On 26 September 2004, the club was o ...

, after agreeing to a three-year contract. The same season, Dalkurd won a promotion to

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

, Sweden's top tier. On 11 August 2018, Rewan Amin transferred to fellow Allsvenskan side

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for an undisclosed fee, on a contract running until 2021. In total, Amin played 49 competitive games for Dalkurd, providing eight assists. In January 2022, Amin terminated his contract with Ostersunds after a spell dictated by injuries and moved back to

, only returning to playing in September 2022. He left Dalkurd at the end of the

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season, and a move to

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in the

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was arranged, but Amin preferred to play for his country against his new club's will so the move broke down. After winning the

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, Amin signed for

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, ...

, based in the city where he was born. He now captains the

-based club.

International career

Amin scored a goal in his debut for the Netherlands under-15 team. In 2012, he was called to the Netherlands under-17 by

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. He was appointed as the

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and went on to play 10 matches for the team. On 12 September 2022, Amin was called up by

Radhi Shenaishil Radhi Shenaishil Swadi ( ar, راضي شنيشل سوادي; born 11 August 1969) is a former Iraqi footballer and former coach of the Iraq national football team, and currently manages Iraq U23. Playing career Radhi Shenaishil was born and ...

to represent

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 ...

in the

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, representing his country of birth. He was named on the bench in the semi-final against

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. He came on in the last minute against Syria.

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named Amin in the final squad for the

, being a part of the squad that won the

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for the fourth time in Iraq's history.

Career statistics

Honours

Iraq *

Arabian Gulf Cup The Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي, ''Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi''), often referred to simply as the Gulf Cup, is a biennial football competition governed by the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation for its eight member nat ...

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References

External links

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Netherlands U17 stats at
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