Sahib Abbas

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sahib Abbas

| image =

| caption = Abbas in 2022

| fullname = Sahib Abbas Hussein

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|11|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Karbala, Iraq

| death_date =

| height =

| position = Striker

| years1 = 1988–1990 | clubs1 = Al-Jamahir | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1990–1991 | clubs2 = Karbalaa | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1991–1993 | clubs3 = Salahaddin | caps3 = | goals3 = 42

| years4 = 1993–1998 | clubs4 = Al-Zawra | caps4 = | goals4 = 62

| years5 = 1998–1999 | clubs5 = Nejmeh | caps5 = | goals5 = 4

| years6 = 1999–2000 | clubs6 = Salam Zgharta | caps6 = | goals6 = 14

| years7 = 2001 | clubs7 = Al-Hussein Irbid | caps7 = | goals7 = 5

| years8 = 2001–2002 | clubs8 = Al-Talaba | caps8 = | goals8 = 18

| years9 = 2002–2003 | clubs9 = Al-Hussein Irbid | caps9 = | goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2003 | clubs10 = Al-Ahli Manama | caps10 = | goals10 =

| years11 = 2003–2004 | clubs11 = Al-Shabab Manama | caps11 = | goals11 = 21

| years12 = 2004–2009 | clubs12 = Karbalaa | caps12 = | goals12 = 50

| years13 = 2006–2007 | clubs13 = → Afrin (loan) | caps13 = | goals13 =

| years14 = 2009–2010 | clubs14 = Al-Sinaa | caps14 = | goals14 = 5

| years15 = 2011–2012 | clubs15 = Karbalaa{{cite web|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=29486423|publisher=Kooora.com|title=اللاعب الدولي السابق ...يكسر قرار اعتزاله ...ويقود كرة كربلاء من جديد|date=5 November 2011}} | caps15 = | goals15 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1996–2001 | nationalteam1 = Iraq | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 2

| manageryears1 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs1 = Al-Hindiya

}}

Sahib Abbas Hussein Abdul-Redha Al-Tameemi ({{langx|ar|صَاحِب عَبَّاس حُسَيْن عَبْد الرِّضَا التَّمِيمِيّ}}; born 3 November 1969) is an Iraqi former professional footballer who played as a striker. He represented Iraq at the 1996 Asian Cup, and also played for various clubs in Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Bahrain, and Syria.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/22/sahib-abbas-the-striker-saved-by-football-in-saddam-hussein-iraq|title=The forgotten story of … the striker saved by football in Saddam’s Iraq|publisher=theguardian.com}}

Club career

Sahib Abbas was considered one of the best Iraqi strikers of his generation.{{cite web|author=Hassanin Mubarak|title=Player Database|url=http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030408193552/http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=11|archive-date=April 8, 2003|publisher=iraqsport.com}} After beginning his career at Karbalaa,{{cite web|title=نجوم في الذاكرة..صاحب عباس مهاجم ماكر|url=https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=85868|website=almadapaper.net}}{{cite web|title=صاحب عباس.. نورس متميز يرنو لنهاية سعيدة أمام الصقور|url=https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=106209|website=almadapaper.net}} Abbas moved to Salahaddin in 1991, playing as the main-choice striker. In 1993 he moved to Al-Zawraa—where he made his name—helping the club, featuring the likes Hussam Fawzi and Essam Hamad, to two consecutive league and cup doubles in 1995 and 1996.

In 1998, he joined top Lebanese club Al-Nejmeh, playing there for a season without hitting the headlines. After an unimpressive season with the ‘Reds’, he joined lowly club Salam Zghorta in 1999, a team battling to keep its 1st division status. Thanks to Sahib's devastating performances the club avoided relegated with Sahib scoring 14 goals in 22 games, quite an achievement considering the team only scored 32 goals all season. After becoming Lebanese joint top scorer with Al-Ansar's Brazilian Toninho Cruz, winning the Golden Boot, he returned to Iraq and joining Al-Talaba, winning a league and cup double in 2002.

He continued to play for clubs in Jordan, Bahrain and Syria and in 2012, Sahib finally hung up his boots with his home city club Karbala finishing his career with 177 Iraqi league goals.{{Cite web|title=لاعب عربي أنقذته موهبته من الإعدام …إنجلترا تحتفي به ! - هاي كورة|url=http://hihi2.com/2019/03/22/p1203369.html|access-date=2020-10-24|website=hihi2.com}}

International career

Abbas was a member of the 1996 Asian Cup squad and the 1998 World Cup qualifying team.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Career statistics

=International=

:Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Abbas goal.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;"

|+ List of international goals scored by Sahib Abbas

! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

rowspan="2" |20 June 1997

rowspan="2" |Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq

| rowspan="2" |{{fb|PAK}}

4–1

rowspan="2"| 6–1

rowspan="2" |1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

6–1

Honours

Al-Zawra

Al-Talaba

Al-Ahli Manama

Bahraini King's Cup: 2003

Al-Shabab Manama

Bahraini King's Cup: 2004

Individual

Lebanese Premier League top goalscorer: 1999–2000{{Efn|Tied with Toninho dos Santos|name=elite-top}}
Iraqi Premier League top goalscorer: 2005–06

Notes

Bibliography

{{Cite book|last=Al-Sabti|first=Ali|title=Iraqi League History 1974-2011|year=2014|location=Iraq}}

References

External links

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[https://www.eurosport.com/football/sahib-abbas_prs229818/person.shtml Sahib Abbas] at Eurosport.com

Category:1969 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Karbala

Category:Iraqi men's footballers

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Al-Jamahir SC players

Category:Karbala SC players

Category:Salahaddin SC players

Category:Al-Zawraa SC players

Category:Nejmeh SC players

Category:Salam Zgharta FC players

Category:Al-Hussein SC (Irbid) players