Mustafa Saadoon (footballer, born 2001)
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| Full name | Mustafa Saadoon Abbood Al-Korji | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 May 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Corgi, Iraq | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al-Shorta | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2022 | RCD Espanyol Academy Baghdad | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Al-Kahrabaa | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Al-Shorta | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Iraq U23 | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Iraq | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Mustafa Saadoon Abbood Al-Korji (Arabic: مصطفى سعدون; born 25 May 2001) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a right back for Iraq Stars League club Al-Shorta and the Iraq national team.
Born in Corgi, Saadoon spent his youth career at the RCD Espanyol football academy in Baghdad. In 2022, he joined Al-Kahrabaa and played there during one season before joining Iraqi giant Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in August 2023.[2]
International career
On 13 October 2023, Saadoon made his international debut for Iraq in the team's goaless draw against Qatar, as part of the 2023 Jordan International Tournament.[3]
In April 2024, Saadoon featured in Iraq U23's squad for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup. In the last group stage match against Saudi Arabia, he won a penalty for his team and later scored himself the winning goal for Iraq as the match ended in a 2–1 win for them, thus qualify Iraq to the quarter-finals as the group winner despite losing their first game.[4][5] Saadoun continoued to feature for the team as they finished third overall in the tournament and qualified to the 2024 Olympic games
