Alaa Abdul-Zahra
Alaa Abdul-Zahra Khashen Al-Azzawi (Arabic: علاء عبدالزهرة خشَن العزاوي , born 22 December 1987 in Baghdad, Iraq), is an Iraqi football player who plays for Al-Shorta in the Iraqi Premier League and for the Iraq national team.
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Abdul-Zahra with Al Kharaitiyat in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alaa Abdul-Zahra Khashen Al-Azzawi | ||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Shorta | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Al-Karkh | |||
| Al-Difaa Al-Jawi | |||
| 2003–2004 | Al-Zawraa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Al-Zawraa | 30 | (9) |
| 2006–2007 | Mes Kerman | 11 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | Shabab Al-Ordon | 2 | (1) |
| 2008 | Al-Merrikh | 18 | (11) |
| 2008–2009 | Al-Khor | 35 | (24) |
| 2009–2011 | Al Kharaitiyat | 42 | (16) |
| 2011–2012 | Al-Wakrah | 10 | (4) |
| 2012 | Qatar SC | 9 | (2) |
| 2012–2014 | Duhok | 47 | (26) |
| 2014 | Tractor Sazi | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Al-Shorta | 17 | (6) |
| 2015–2017 | Al-Zawraa | 53 | (32) |
| 2017–2020 | Al-Shorta | 79 | (53) |
| 2020–2021 | Al-Zawraa | 22 | (13) |
| 2021– | Al-Shorta | 61 | (17) |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Iraq U20 | 8 | (9) |
| 2006–2008 | Iraq U23 | 28 | (15) |
| 2007–2021 | Iraq | 126 | (17) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024 | |||
He can be deployed as an attacking midfielder or a second striker, and since 2016 plays as a striker. He is the third-most capped player in the history of the Iraqi national team.
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