Karrar Jassim

Karrar Jassim Mohammed Al-Mahmoudi (, born 11 June 1987) known as Karrar Jassim, is an Iraqi former professional footballer, who played for the Iraq national team.

Club career Impressive displays for Najaf in the 2007 AFC Champions League, where he scored two goals in six matches, earned Karrar Jassim Mohammed a move to Qatar where he signed for Al Wakra at the start of June 2007. In 2009 Karrar signed for Iranian side Tractor S.C. for one season. During a Tractor match, Karrar was banned for 9 games following an incident in which he slapped the match assistant referee. The ban was later reduced to 5 and eventually to 3 games. He was released in May 2011 by Tractor for his disrespectful behavior toward referees. On 4 June 2011, Karrar joined the Tehran-based football team Esteghlal on a two-years contract. The 24-year-old striker has joined Esteghlal but he was fired in January 2012 during mid-season after a dispute with midfielder, and team vice-captain Mojtaba Jabbari. He then loaned to Shahin Bushehr and then moved to Ajman and a loan to Najaf.

On 4 July 2014, Karrar returned to Esteghlal with signing a two-year contract. Jassim left the club by mutual consent on 29 November 2015 after prolonged financial problems with the Iranian club.

International career Karrar scored three goals for the Iraq Olympic team in the Asian Qualifiers for the 2008 Olympic Games, including winning goals against Thailand and DPR Korea. Karrar Jassim also scored a goal against Australia for the national team in the 2007 Asian Cup and also scored the winner against North Korea in the Asian Cup 2011 which sent Iraq through to the last eight.

Career statistics

Club statistics

Assist Goals

International goals Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 13 July 2007 Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok 3–1 Win 2007 AFC Asian Cup 2. 13 July 2009 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 4–0 Win Friendly 3. 19 January 2011 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan 1–0 Win 2011 AFC Asian Cup 4. 29 February 2012 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha 7–1 Win 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 5. 28 May 2012 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan 1–1 Draw Friendly 6. 19 November 2013 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta 2–0 Win 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Honours

Shahin Bushehr Hazfi Cup runner-up: 2011–12

Al-Shorta Iraqi Premier League: 2018–19 Iraqi Super Cup: 2019

Iraq Asian Games silver medal: 2006 AFC Asian Cup: 2007 Arab Nations Cup bronze medal: 2012