{{short description|Iraqi footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Abbas Rahim | image = | caption = | fullname = Abbas Rahim Zaywer | birth_date = {{birth date|1979|01|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Baghdad, Iraq | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|8|10|1979|01|1|df=yes}} | death_place = Baghdad, Iraq | height = | position = Midfielder | years1 = 1996-1997 | clubs1 = Al-Karkh SC | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1997-1998 | clubs2 = Al-Shorta | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1998-1999 | clubs3 = Al-Karkh SC | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1999-2000 | clubs4 = Al-Shorta | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2000 | clubs5 = Al-Zawraa | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 2000-2004 | clubs6 = Al-Shorta | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2004 | clubs7 = Al-Jaish | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2004-2005 | clubs8 = Al-Shorta | caps8 = | goals8 = | years9 = 2005-2006 | clubs9 = Al-Zawraa | caps9 = | goals9 = | nationalyears1 = 1999–2003| nationalteam1 = Iraq| nationalcaps1 = 35| nationalgoals1 = 4 }}
'''Abbas Rahim Zaywer''' ({{langx|ar|عَبَّاس رَحِيم زَايِر}}; 25 January 1979 – 10 August 2012) was an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 2000 Asian Cup and Al-Shorta and Al-Zawraa.
==Playing career== Abbas Rahim was born on January 25, 1979, in Baghdad and started his playing career in the junior teams of Al-Nafat and Salikh. At the age of 13, he joined the Talaba youth where he spent two years before joining Al-Karkh - making his first team debut in 1995. A year later he transferred to Al-Shurta winning the league title in 1997–98. After a brief spell at Al-Karkh, he joined ‘the White Seagulls’ Al-Zawraa, winning the double in 2000 and scoring a remarkable seven goals in his first three league games for the club. Abbas joined Al-Shurta for the second time in 2001.
He was a prolific goal scorer at youth level and Under-19 level where he helped Iraq qualify for the AFC Asian Youth Championship in 1998. He had starred for the Iraqi Olympic side and was capable of turning a game on his own. A versatile left-sided player who could play at left-back, on the left wing, just behind the front two or as an out and out striker.
Abbas made his debut during the 1999 Pan-Arab games in Amman against Libya, scoring his first international goal in a 4–0 win against Lebanon. He played a part in the final against the hosts hitting the cross bar in extra time and was also one of three who hit the post in the penalty shoot-out.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hassanin Mubarak |title=Player Database |url=http://iraqsport.com:80/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010424225732/http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=2 |archive-date=24 April 2001 |access-date=7 June 2020 |publisher=iraqsport.com |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==International goals== :''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.'' {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 27 August 1999 || Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid || {{fb|Lebanon}} || '''3'''–0 || 4–0 || 1999 Pan Arab Games |- | 2. || 3 November 1999 || National Stadium, Abu Dhabi || {{fb|UAE}} || '''1'''–0 || 2–2 || Friendly |- | 3. || 22 October 2003 || Manama National Stadium, Manama || {{fb|Myanmar|1974}} || '''2'''–1 || 3–1 || 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification |}
==Death== On 10 August 2012, Rahim died in a car crash on the road from Baghdad to Najaf. He was 33 years old.<ref>[https://iraqsport.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/former-iraq-player-abbas-rahim-tragically-killed-in-car-crash/], IraqSport; accessed 25 March 2015.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=3255}}
{{Iraq squad 2000 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahim, Abbas}} Category:Footballers from Baghdad Category:Iraqi men's footballers Category:Iraq men's international footballers Category:2000 AFC Asian Cup players Category:1979 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Road incident deaths in Iraq Category:Al-Shorta SC players Category:Al-Karkh SC players Category:Al-Jaish SC (Syria) players Category:Al-Zawraa SC players Category:Men's association football midfielders