Rebin Sulaka
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Sulaka with FC Seoul in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rebin Gharib Sulaka Adhamat[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Ankawa, Erbil, Iraq[1] | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Port | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Eskilstuna City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Eskilstuna City | 53 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | Dalkurd | 21 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Ljungskile SK | 20 | (0) |
| 2015 | Syrianska | 9 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Eskilstuna (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Elverum | 35 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Al-Markhiya | 22 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Al-Khor | 14 | (1) |
| 2019 | Al-Shahania | 7 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Radnički Niš | 13 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Arda Kardzhali | 12 | (0) |
| 2021 | Levski Sofia | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Buriram United | 71 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Brommapojkarna | 4 | (0) |
| 2024 | FC Seoul | 3 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Schaffhausen | 8 | (1) |
| 2025 | Erbil SC | 9 | (0) |
| 2025– | Port | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | Iraq | 47 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2024 | |||
Rebin Gharib Sulaka Adhamat (Arabic: ريبين غريب سولاقا عظمت; born 12 April 1992) is an Iraqi professional footballer of Assyrian ethnicity who plays as a centre back for Thai League 1 club Port and the Iraq national team.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Sulaka started playing football in Eskilstuna City, where he as a 15-year-old made his debut in the first team. After the 2012 season, he did not renew the contract with the club. For the 2013 season he signed for Dalkurd FF. In January 2014 he signed a three-year contract with Ljungskile SK. In February 2015 wrote Sulaka on for Syrianska.[3] In August 2015, he was loaned out to AFC United.
Elverum
[edit | edit source]Sulaka signed for Norwegian club Elverum for the 2016 season.[4] After a successful season that ended in promotion to the second tier, he extended his contract for the 2017 season.[5] He left the club mid-season and moved to Qatar.
Al-Markhiya
[edit | edit source]On 9 July 2017, Sulaka signed for Qatari club Al-Markhiya.[6] He made his debut on 16 September, playing the full 90 minutes in a shock victory against giants Al-Sadd.[7] He was picked in the team of the week for his performance.[8]
Radnički Niš
[edit | edit source]Recently arrived at Radnički Niš, coach Milorad Kosanović expressed to the club management Sulaka to be his main desire to reinforce the defense, so the Serbian club signed him on 30 August 2019, a day before the closing of the transfer-window in Serbia and most of Europe.[9]
Levski Sofia
[edit | edit source]In January 2021 Sulaka signed a six-month deal with Levski Sofia.[10] In the spring of 2021 he left the club, which was experiencing financial troubles.[11]
FC Seoul
[edit | edit source]On 21 February 2024, Sulaka joined FC Seoul of South Korean K League 1.[12] He played in three matches during the season before coming to a mutual agreement with the club to terminate the contract in June.[13]
Schaffhausen
[edit | edit source]On 9 September 2024, Sulaka signed with Schaffhausen in Switzerland.[14]
International career
[edit | edit source]On 12 June 2015, Rebin played his first game for the Iraq national team against Japan in Yokohama where the match ended in a 4–0 defeat.[15] Rebin was present in the final rounds of Iraq's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, in which Iraq failed to qualify to the final tournament. In 2019, he was chosen in the Iraqi squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.[16]
On 20 February 2022, Rebin announced his retirement from international football for personal reasons.[17] However, he announced a reversal of his retirement on 16 August 2023.[18] In December 2023, he was named in the Iraqi squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar where he scored his first international goal against Vietnam on 24 January 2024.[19]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Sulaka was born in the suburb of Ankawa in Erbil, Iraq into an ethnic Chaldean Christian family. In 2002, at the age of 10, Sulaka moved to Sweden with his family.
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]International
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 26 March 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 38 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sulaka goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 24 January 2024 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Buriram United
Port
Iraq
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Rebin Sulaka at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Rebin Sulaka at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- Rebin Sulaka – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean and English)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Assyrian footballers
- Iraqi men's footballers
- Iraq men's international footballers
- People from Erbil
- Iraqi emigrants to Sweden
- Men's association football central defenders
- Chaldean Catholics
- Dalkurd FF players
- Ljungskile SK players
- Syrianska FC players
- AFC Eskilstuna players
- Eskilstuna City FK players
- Elverum Fotball players
- Al-Markhiya SC players
- Al-Khor SC players
- Al Shahaniya SC players
- FK Radnički Niš players
- FC Arda Kardzhali players
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- Buriram United F.C. players
- FC Seoul players
- FC Schaffhausen players
- Qatar Stars League players
- Allsvenskan players
- K League 1 players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Thai League 1 players
- 2019 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2023 AFC Asian Cup players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand
- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland