Karim Salman

{{Short description|Iraqi footballer (1965–2020)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

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| name = Karim Salman

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| fullname = Abdul-Karim Salman Jabbar

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1965|3|4}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|02|1965|3|4|df=yes}}

| death_place = Baghdad, Iraq

| currentclub =

| birth_place = Iraq

| height =

| position = Defender

| years1 = | clubs1 = Al-Talaba SC| caps1 = |goals1 =

| years2 = | clubs2 = Al-Rasheed SC| caps2 = |goals2 =

| years3 = | clubs3 = Al-Talaba SC| caps3 = |goals3 =

| nationalyears1 = 1988–1994

| nationalteam1 = Iraq

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| manageryears1 = 2012

| managerclubs1 = Al-Talaba

| manageryears2 = 2013–2015

| managerclubs2 = Iraq (Assist.)

| manageryears3 = 2015–2016

| managerclubs3 = Al-Talaba (Assist.)

| manageryears4 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs4 = Iraq (Assist.)

| manageryears5 = 2017–2020

| managerclubs5 = Al-Karkh

}}

Karim Salman (4 March 1965 – 2 December 2020) was an Iraqi football defender.

He played for Iraq in the 1988 Summer Olympics and played for the national team between 1988 and 1993.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iraq-recintlp.html|title=Iraq – Record International Players|website=RSSSF}}{{Cite web|title=قاعدة بيانات لاعبي المنتخبات العراقية -2|url=http://niiiis.com/players2.html|access-date=2021-08-20|website=niiiis.com}}

Salman died from COVID-19 on 2 December 2020, aged 55, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq.[https://www.aipsmedia.com/index.html?page=artdetail&art=28894 Iraqi coach dies of coronavirus]