Karrar Ibrahim
Iraqi footballer (1994–2020)
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Karrar Ibrahim Shaker Almusawi (Arabic: كرار إبراهيم شاكر الموسوي; 19 September 1994 – 9 July 2020) was an Iraqi professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Olympic team in 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.
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Karrar Ibrahim with Al-Minaa in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karrar Ibrahim Shaker Almusawi | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Basra, Iraq | ||
| Date of death | 9 July 2020 (aged 25) | ||
| Place of death | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2009 | Al-Minaa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2017 | Al-Minaa | 97 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Naft Al-Janoob | (0) | |
| 2018–2019 | Al-Minaa | 13 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Al-Talaba | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2010 | Iraq U17 | ||
| 2011–2013 | Iraq U20 | ||
| 2013–2016 | Iraq U23 | ||
| 2015 | Iraq | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Ibrahim started playing football at the Al-Minaa Academy,[1] and was able to win with the Al-Minaa U16 team the Basra Clubs Youth League in 2009.[2]
In September 2009, he was promoted to play with the club's first team. On 22 May 2010, he played his first match in the Iraq Stars League against Al-Hasanain, where he entered as a substitute in the second half, and proved that he is no different from the team's main goalkeeper after he was able to thwart the opponent's striker Hassan Jabbar's one-on-one.[3]
He stayed with the club until 2017,[4] where he appeared in 97 matches, then moved to Naft Al-Janoob for one season. Then he returned to Al-Minaa for another season, and played in 13 matches, after which he moved to Al-Talaba to play for it in the 2019–2020 season.[5]
International career
Ibrahim was first picked to represent Iraq in 2010, when the under-17 coach Adel Nima selected him to be a part of his 23-man squad to play in Arab School Sports Games in Beirut,[6] in which they won the football gams and won gold medals.[7][8]
He was also selected by the coach Abdul-Ghani Shahad to be part of the 27-man Olympic squad to play in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[9][10] On 6 November 2015, coach Yahya Alwan picked him for the Iraq squad for the first time in a match against Chinese Taipei.[11]
Death
On 9 July 2020, the player's dead body was found inside his car in Baghdad, showing signs of strangulation.[12][13]
Al-Minaa Club suspended its sports activities for three days in mourning for the death of its former goalkeeper and considered his shirt number, 20, as a retired number for posthumous honour.[14] The President of Asian Football Confederation, Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, issued a statement of condolence about the player.[15]
Honours
Al-Minaa