Abbas Rahim
{{short description|Iraqi footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Abbas Rahim
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| 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
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| position = Midfielder
| years1 = 1996-1997
| clubs1 = Al-Karkh SC
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| years2 = 1997-1998
| clubs2 = Al-Shorta
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| years3 = 1998-1999
| clubs3 = Al-Karkh SC
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| years4 = 1999-2000
| clubs4 = Al-Shorta
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| years5 = 2000
| clubs5 = Al-Zawraa
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| years6 = 2000-2004
| clubs6 = Al-Shorta
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| years7 = 2004
| clubs7 = Al-Jaish
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| years8 = 2004-2005
| clubs8 = Al-Shorta
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| years9 = 2005-2006
| clubs9 = Al-Zawraa
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| nationalyears1 = 1999–2003| nationalteam1 = Iraq| nationalcaps1 = 35| nationalgoals1 = 4
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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.{{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}}
International goals
:Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.
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! # !! 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.[https://iraqsport.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/former-iraq-player-abbas-rahim-tragically-killed-in-car-crash/], IraqSport; accessed 25 March 2015.
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:Road incident deaths in Iraq