Rebin Asaad (born 31 October 1994) is a Swedish professional

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of Kurdish-Iraqi descent who plays as a

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for

Österlen FF Österlen Fotbollförening is a Swedish football team from Skillinge, Simrishamn Municipality in the Division 1 Södra. They play their matches at the Skillinge Idrottsplats, Skillinge Skillinge is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipal ...

Early life

Asaad was born in

Trollhättan Trollhättan () is the 23rd-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Göta älv, near the lake Vänern, and has a population of approximately 50,000 in the city proper. It is loc ...

, Sweden, to

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i parents of

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descent. At age four, his family moved to

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

where he grew up. Asaad started his football career at a small local club, before joining city giants

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

during his early teens.

Career

Asaad was released by Malmö FF at the end of the 2011 season, since he was not offered a senior contract at the side. In 2012, he played one season with the fourth tier side

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. In early 2013, Asaad signed a contract with

Ängelholms FF Ängelholms FF is a football (soccer), football club based in Ängelholm, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Ängelholms IP. The club was formed in 1976 as a merger between Ängelholms IF and Sk ...

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. He was used sparingly in his first season at the club, before breaking in to the starting eleven in 2014. Across three full seasons at Ängelholm, Asaad made 63 appearances, scoring 3 goals. Ahead of the 2016 season, Asaad went on trial with Helsingborgs IF in the Swedish first division. After a week of training, manager

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however did not offer Asaad a contract. Instead, he signed with

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and app ...

in Superettan. In 2016, he played 21 games as a central midfielder, scoring once, as Halmstad won a promotion to Allsvenskan. Asaad was used sparingly during the first half of the 2017 season. He only featured five times as a substitute when Halmstad returned to top flight football. On 23 July 2017, Asaad moved to

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...

, reportedly on a free transfer. Asaad signed a 1.5-year contract, with an option for a further, with the

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-based club. He made his debut for the side on 13 August, starting as a central midfielder, in a 2–2 home draw against

Östersund Östersund (; ) is an Urban areas in Sweden, urban area (Stad (Sweden), city) in Jämtland in northern Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-larg ...

. In 2018, Asaad was used sparingly by Hammarby without making any league appearances. On 11 August, he got sent on loan for the remainder of the season to affiliated club

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in Superettan. Asaad left Hammarby in December 2018 upon the expiration of his contract. On 26 January 2021, Asaad moved to

Lunds BK Lunds BK is a football club from Lund, Sweden founded in 1919. The club currently plays in Division 1 Södra. Despite their relative success Lunds BK has never competed in the Allsvenskan or Superettan, but has played nine seasons in the secon ...

International career

During 2015, Asaad attracted interest from the Iraqi national football team. He was called up to train with the side on several occasions the same year. Asaad was called up to the preliminary Iraqi under-23 squad ahead of the

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. However, he did not feature in the main tournament after being dropped from the squad by manager

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. Rebin Asaad earned his first call-up to the Iraqi senior national team in October 2017, ahead of a friendly against

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on 13 November.

Personal life

Alan Asaad, his younger brother born in 1998, is also a professional footballer playing for

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, Sweden's second tier. His older brother Nazad Asaad, born in 1988, is a retired footballer that belonged to the academy of

Udinese Calcio Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional association football, football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football league system, Italian fo ...

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between 2005 and 2007 and later went on to make 3 appearances in the Polish

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for

ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, boxing, and in the past ice hockey, ...

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