Sabah Jeayer, (born 26 May 1970) is an

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 the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

i football forward who played for

in the

2000 Asian Cup The 2000 AFC Asian Cup was the 12th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Lebanon between 12 and 29 October 2000. Japan ...

Talaba SC Al-Talaba Sports Club ( ar, نادي الطلبة الرياضي, lit=''Students Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. Its football team competes in the Iraqi Premier League, the top flight of Iraqi football. Fo ...

, and

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 193 ...

. Sabah Jeayer was a talented forward, who is great in the air and also a goalscorer capable of rising to the big match occasion, with two goals at the 2000 Asian Cup. He started his career with the Talaba SC youth team in 1986, before moving to Air Force club Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in 1991 and then moving back to Al-Talaba in 1993. He was given his first call-up to the national team in 1992. In 1995, he helped Talaba to the Asian Cup Winners Cup final and scored 14 goals to help Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya win the double in 1997. He was a member of Iraq's disastrous World Cup qualifying campaign for France'98, but stormed back after three years in exile with a magnificent double over hosts Lebanon in the Asian Cup. He was recalled by

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, who called him his secret weapon, Sabah has become one of Iraq’s star players. The trickle of goals, he has scored during his career were always celebrated with an acrobatic somersault.

International goals

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeayer, Sabah Iraqi footballers Al-Talaba SC players Iraq international footballers 2000 AFC Asian Cup players Living people 1970 births Place of birth missing (living people) Al-Shorta SC players Association football forwards