Rebin Gharib Sulaka Adhamat (; born 12 April 1992) is an

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i professional footballer who plays as a

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for

Buriram United Buriram United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลบุรีรัมย์ ยูไนเต็ด) is a professional football club based in Buriram, Thailand. The club has played at the top level of Thai football for the ...

and the Iraq national team.

Club career

Sulaka started playing football in

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, where he as a 15-year-old made his debut in the first team. After the 2012 season, he did not renew the contract with the club. For the 2013 season he signed for Dalkurd FF. In January 2014 he signed a three-year contract with Ljungskile SK. In February 2015 wrote Sulaka on for Syrianska FC. In August 2015, he was loaned out to AFC United.

Elverum

Sulaka signed for Norwegian club

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for the 2016 season. After a successful season that ended in promotion to the second tier, he extended his contract for the 2017 season. He left the club mid-season and moved to Qatar.

Al-Markhiya

On 9 July 2017, Sulaka signed for Qatari club Al-Markhiya. He made his debut on 16 September, playing the full 90 minutes in a shock victory against giants

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. He was picked in the team of the week for his performance.

Radnički Niš

Recently arrived at Radnički Niš, coach

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expressed to the club management Sulaka to be his main desire to reinforce the defense, so the Serbian club signed him on August 30, 2019, a day before the closing of the transfer-window in Serbia and most of Europe.

Levski Sofia

In January 2021 Sulaka signed a six-month deal with

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. In the spring of 2021 he left the club, which was experiencing financial troubles.

International career

On 12 June 2015, Rebin played his first game for the Iraq national team against Japan in

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, the match ended in a 4–0 defeat. Rebin was present in the final rounds of Iraq's 2018 world cup qualifying campaign, in which Iraq failed to qualify to the world cup. In 2019, he was chosen in the Iraqi squad for the

2019 AFC Asian Cup The 2019 AFC Asian Cup was the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in the United Arab Emirates from 5 January to 1 ...

. On 20 February 2022, Rebin announced his retirement from international football for personal reasons.

Personal life

Sulaka was born in the suburb of

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into an ethnic

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family. In 2002, at the age of 10, Sulaka moved to

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with his family.

Honours

;Buriram United *

Thai League 1 The Thai League 1 ( th, ไทยลีก 1), often referred to as T1, is the top level of the Thai football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Thai League 2. Seasons run from August ...

: 2021–22 *

Thai FA Cup The Thai FA Cup ( th, ไทยเอฟเอคัพ), known officially as The Football Association of Thailand Cup, is a football cup competition in Thailand. Thai FA Cup is an annual knockout association football competition in men's domestic ...

: 2021–22 *

Thai League Cup The League Cup ( th, ไทยลีกคัพ) is a football cup competition in Thailand. It is also known as Toyota League Cup for sponsorship reasons. It was re-formed during the 2010 domestic football league season in Thailand and runs alon ...

: 2021–22

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sulaka, Rebin 1992 births Living people Iraqi footballers Iraq international footballers People from Kirkuk Iraqi emigrants to Sweden Association football central defenders Chaldean Catholics Dalkurd FF players Ljungskile SK players Syrianska FC players AFC Eskilstuna players Eskilstuna City FK players Elverum Fotball players Al-Markhiya SC players Al-Khor SC players Al-Shahania SC players FK Radnički Niš players FC Arda Kardzhali players Qatar Stars League players Allsvenskan players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Expatriate footballers in Norway Expatriate footballers in Qatar Expatriate footballers in Serbia Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria