Mustafa Nadhim

{{short description|Iraqi footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mustafa Nadhim | image = Mustafa Nadhim (cropped).jpg | caption = Nadhim with Iraq U23 in 2016 | fullname = Mustafa Nadhim Jari Al-Shabbani<ref name="FIFA Arab 2021">{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce14/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Iraq |publisher=FIFA |page=4 |date=4 December 2021 |access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|9|23|df=y}}<ref name="FIFA Arab 2021"/> | birth_place = Al Diwaniyah, Iraq | height = 1.80 m<ref name="FIFA Arab 2021"/> | position = Center-back | currentclub = Amanat Baghdad | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2009–2010 | youthclubs1 = Al-Diwaniya | years1 = 2010–2013 | clubs1 = Najaf | years2 = 2013–2014 | clubs2 = Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | years3 = 2014–2015 | clubs3 = Erbil | years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs4 = Naft Al-Wasat | years5 = 2016–2017 | clubs5 = Al-Minaa | years6 = 2017–2018 | clubs6 = Najaf | years7 = 2018–2019 | clubs7 = Al-Shorta | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2019–2020 | clubs8 = Al-Zawraa | years9 = 2020 | clubs9 = Al-Shorta | years10 = 2020–2022 | clubs10 = Al-Diwaniya | years11 = 2022 | clubs11 = Al-Najma | years12 = 2022–2023 | clubs12 = Al-Faisaly | years13 = 2023 | clubs13 = → Al-Shorta (loan) | caps13 = 6 | goals13 = 0 | years14 = 2023–2025 | clubs14 = Al-Zawraa | years15 = 2025– | clubs15 = Amanat Baghdad | caps15 = | goals15 = | nationalyears1 = 2011–2013 | nationalteam1 = Iraq U20 | nationalcaps1 = 16 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2011–2016 | nationalteam2 = Iraq U23 | nationalcaps2 = 30 | nationalgoals2 = 4 | nationalyears3 = 2013– | nationalteam3 = Iraq | nationalcaps3 = 30 | nationalgoals3 = 3 | medaltemplates = | club-update = 3 April 2020 | nationalteam-update = 11 November 2021 }} '''Mustafa Nadhim Jari Al-Shabbani''' ({{langx|ar|مصطفى ناظم جاري}}, born 23 September 1993)<ref>{{cite web|title=fifa profile player|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=368709/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515052543/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=368709/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2016}}</ref> is an Iraqi footballer<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/mustafa-nadhim |title=Rio2016 Mustafa Nadhim |access-date=2016-08-24 |archive-date=2016-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126022040/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/mustafa-nadhim |url-status=dead }}</ref> who plays as a defender for Amanat Baghdad, and the Iraq national team.

The defender played University football in Diwaniya, aged 16 when in Iraq most people would begin university at 18. In that same year, 2010, Mustafa helped guide his University to the Southern Universities Championship title for the first time with a comfortable 2–0 victory over Kufa University with one of the goals scored by future Olympic player Safa Jabar.<ref name=OLY>{{cite web|last1=Mubarak|first1=Hassanin|title=Iraq Olympic Team Profile|url=https://ahdaaf.me/2016/08/02/iraq-olympic-team-profile/|access-date=2017-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222104944/https://ahdaaf.me/2016/08/02/iraq-olympic-team-profile/|archive-date=2017-12-22|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

==Club career== ===Al Najaf===

Mustafa started his career at Al Najaf where he spent three seasons with club, scoring nine goals.

=== Al Quwa Al Jawiya ===

Mustafa signed for Al Quwa Al Jawiya for the 2013/14 season in which the team finished 4th. He left the team at the end of the season, signing for Erbil.

=== Erbil SC===

Mustafa spent 2015 with northern club Erbil, before leaving due to financial problems.

=== Naft Al Wasat===

Mustafa signed for reigning champions Naft Al-Wasat ahead of the 2015/16 season, he left in the winter transfer window in 2017.

=== Al Mina'a ===

On 27 January 2017, Mustafa signed for Basrah Club Al-Minaa.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=SoccerIraq|author=Soccer Iraq|number=825092012529614848|date=27 January 2017|title=📰| Mustafa Nadim has signed for Al Mina'a.}}</ref> He made his debut vs Al-Hussein on February 24, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 away victory.

==International career== Mustafa Nadhim was one of Hakim Shaker's youth players and after sitting on the bench throughout the 23rd Gulf Cup in Saudi Arabia, he was given his international debut by his mentor in an unofficial friendly against Malaysia. The defender played at right back that day and scored an acrobatic overhead kick.<ref name="OLY"/> On February 6, 2013 Mustafa Nadhim made his official International debut against Indonesia in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification.<ref>[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/02/06/asia/asian-cup-qualification/iraq/indonesia/1401835/ Soccerway.com Iraq vs. Indonesia]</ref>

===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/71127/Raad_Fanar.html|title=Fanar, Raad|publisher=National Football Teams|accessdate=8 August 2018}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" sortable" style="font-size:100%;" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 6 October 2013 || Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut || {{fb|Yemen}} || align=center | '''2'''–1 || align=center | 3–2 || Friendly |- | 2. || 21 February 2014 || Zabeel Stadium, Dubai || {{fb|North Korea}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 2–0 || Friendly |- | 3. || 4 August 2018 || Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram || {{fb|Palestine}} || align=center | '''2'''–0 || align=center | 3–0 || Friendly |- | 4. || 12 January 2023 || Basra International Stadium, Basra || {{fb|Yemen}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 5–0 || 25th Arabian Gulf Cup |}

==Honors== ===Club=== ;Al-Shorta * Iraqi Premier League: 2018–19, 2022–23

;Al-Faisaly * Jordanian Pro League: 2022 * Jordan Shield Cup: 2023

===International=== ;Iraq Youth team * 2012 AFC U-19 Championship: runner-up * 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup: 4th Place ;Iraq U-23 * AFC U-22 Championship: 2013 ;Iraq * 21st Arabian Gulf Cup: runner-up * 25th Arabian Gulf Cup: winner

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Youtube|3BEFvmTECnc}} Defender Mustafa Nadhim *{{FIFA player|368709}} *{{NFT player|id=51089}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nadhim, Mustafa}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Iraqi men's footballers Category:Olympic footballers for Iraq Category:Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Iraq Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Iraq men's international footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Al-Minaa SC players Category:Al-Shorta SC players Category:Al-Diwaniya SC players Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in football