Sajjad Alaa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sajjad Alaa Abdul-Karim[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 2003[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Basra, Iraq | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Najran | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2022 | Al-Minaa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | Al-Minaa | 72 | (14) |
| 2025– | Najran | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Iraq U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023– | Iraq U23 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 January 2024 | |||
Sajjad Alaa Abdul-Karim (Arabic: سَجَّاد عَلَاء عَبْد الْكَرِيم; born 3 May 2003) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Saudi Second Division League side Najran.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Alaa started playing football at the Al-Minaa Academy, and was able to win with Al-Minaa U19 team the Iraqi Youth Premier League in 2022,[3] and was the league's top scorer.[4]
In September 2022, he was promoted to play with the club's first team,[4][5] and was able with his team to win the Iraqi Premier Division League and promotion to the Iraq Stars League, and he scored one of the winning goals in the final.[6][7]
In August 2023, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed[8] and he played in the starting lineup regularly in the Iraqi Stars League, He was Al-Minaa's top scorer that season, scoring 8 goals, scoring against Al-Najaf,[9] Al-Talaba,[10] Al-Naft,[11] Dohuk,[12] Newroz,[13] Al-Kahrabaa,[14] Naft Maysan,[15] and Dohuk again.[16] and the team coach, Hassan Ahmed, considered him one of the main pillars of the team and considered his presence very important in every match that Al-Minaa plays.[17] In August 2024, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed for an additional season.[18]
International career
[edit | edit source]Alaa was first picked to represent Iraq in 2022, when the under-20 coach Emad Mohammed selected him to be a part of his 26-man squad to play in 2022 Arab Cup U-20.[19][20]
He was also selected by the coach Radhi Shenaishil to be part of the 26-man Olympic squad to play in the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[21]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Al-Minaa
References
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External links
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- Sajjad Alaa at Ysscores
- Sajjad Alaa at Eurosport
- Sajjad Alaa at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Basra
- Iraqi men's footballers
- 21st-century Iraqi sportsmen
- Men's association football wingers
- Iraq men's youth international footballers
- Iraq Stars League players
- Saudi Second Division players
- Al-Minaa SC players
- Najran S.FC players
- Iraqi expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia