Zain Al-Abidin Jassim
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zainulabdeen Al-Rubaye[2] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 2008 | ||
| Place of birth | Basra, Iraq | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Minaa | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2025 | Al-Minaa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024 | Naft Al-Basra | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | Al-Minaa | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Iraq U15 | 4 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | Iraq U16 | 2 | (3) |
| 2024–2025 | Iraq U17 | 6 | (5) |
| 2025– | Iraq U20 | 2 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 September 2025 | |||
Zain Al-Abidin Jassim (Arabic: زين العابدين جاسم; born 5 August 2008), also known as Zainulabdeen Al-Rubaye, is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Iraq Stars League side Al-Minaa.
Jassim began playing football at Al-Minaa Academy. After shining in the 2023 WAFF U-15 Championship, where he won the top scorer award, rival club Naft Al-Basra signed him on a three-year contract,[3] although he was still a Al-Minaa' player and his contract had not yet expired. This caused a crisis between the two clubs, affecting the player as he was unable to play for either club. He remained suspended.[4]
After the crisis ended, and In 19 May 2025, he made his debut for the first team of Al-Minaa in the Iraq Stars League, coming on as a substitute for Karrar Jaafar in a match against Karbala and providing an assist for Alaa Abdul Zahra.[5][6] After that, he played to Al-Minaa Academy and won the 2024–25 Iraqi U19 Premier League title with them, scoring the winning goal in the final against Zakho.[7]
International career
Jassim was first picked to represent Iraq in 2023, when the under-15 coach Ahmed Kadhim selected him to be a part of his 23-man squad to play in 2023 WAFF U-15 Championship. He did not score in his first match against Yemen, but he scored a brace in the second match against Lebanon,[8][9] and one goal in the third match against Oman. The team qualified for the semi-finals,[10] and played against Saudi Arabia, and Jassim scoring a goal in a match that the team lost 2–1,[11][12] but he won the title of top scorer of the tournament, scoring four goals.[13]
He also played in the 2024 WAFF U-16 Championship, scoring a brace in the first match against Lebanon[14] and one in the second match against Jordan.[15] However, the team was deemed to have lost both matches due to the ineligibility of a player.[16] He also played in the 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification, scoring a brace in the first match against Chinese Taipei.[17] He was also selected to be part of the 24-man Iraq U20 squad to play in the AGCFF U-20 Gulf Cup. He did not participate in the first match against Bahrain, but he played in the starting lineup in the second match against Egypt on 1 September 2025, and scored a goal after just three minutes to help the team win and qualify for the semi-finals.[18] He was again named in the under-17 team for the AGCFF U-17 Gulf Cup,[19][20] and on 23 September 2025, he scored a brace against Bahrain in a 2–0 win.[21][22] Then on 26 September, he scored a goal against Saudi Arabia to lead his team to the semi-finals.[23]