Brwa Nouri

Brwa Hekmat Nouri (; born 23 January 1987) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Swedish Division 1 club AFC Malmö.

Club career Nouri was born in Urmia, Iran to Kurdish parents and moved with his family to Sweden as a child. He started his football career at Vasalund before joining AIK at the age of 13. He won the JSM final with AIK and where he scored in the final against Västra Frölunda.

He made his A-team debut in AIK on 7 October 2005, against Falkenberg in the Superettan. In 2006 he was with AIK's A-team but was loaned to Åtvidaberg. ÖFK were drawn in group J alongside Athletic Bilbao, Hertha BSC, and Zorya Luhansk. ÖFK finished second in the group, level on points with Bilbao. Nouri became the first Iraqi to score in the Europa League when he scored the winner against Hertha Berlin. ÖFK were knocked out by Arsenal in the round of 32.

International career Nouri was born in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq to an Iraqi-Kurdish family. He was raised in Sweden and played for their youth national teams, but switched to the Iraq national team for World Cup Qualifiers in October 2016. Nouri made his formal debut for Iraq in a 0–0 friendly tie with Jordan. He played in Iraq for the first time ever on 5 October 2017, where he scored his first goal for Iraq.

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Club

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

+ List of international goals scored by Brwa Nouri No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 5 October 2017 Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq 1–0 2–1 Friendly

Honours Östersunds FK Svenska Cupen: 2016–17

Bali United Liga 1: 2019, 2021–22

Individual Liga 1 Team of the Season: 2021–22