Mohammed Mezher
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 March 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Maysan, Iraq | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Shorta | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Naft Maysan | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Naft Maysan | ||
| → 2020 | Al-Shorta (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2020– | Al-Shorta | 5 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019– | Iraq U23 | 8 | (0) |
| 2020– | Iraq | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 March 2021 | |||
Mohammed Mezher Herez El Ayawi (Arabic: محمد مزهر; born 24 March 1998) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al-Shorta in the Iraqi Premier League.[2]
Club career[]
Naft Maysan[]
Mezher started his career at boyhood club Naft Maysan, where he came up the youth ranks before making his debut for the first-team in 2017 in the Iraqi Premier League.
Al-Shorta[]
In January 2020, after impressing for Naft Maysan in their league match against defending champions Al-Shorta as well as the Iraq U-23s at the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship, the league's defending champions signed Mezher on loan until the end of the season, alongside teammate Akram Raheem, ahead of the season restart and their 2020 AFC Champions League campaign.[3] Mezher quickly established himself as a key player for Al-Shorta, filling the gaps left by national team stars Amjad Attwan and Safaa Hadi excellently as they headed to Kuwait and Russia, respectively, to join Kuwait SC Krylia Sovetov Samara,[4] starting all three of Al-Shorta's league matches as well as both Champions League matches, impressing in all five before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the end of the season, Al-Shorta made his loan deal permanent.[5]
International career[]
Iraq U-23[]
Mezher was called up to the Iraqi olympic team in 2019, helping his country qualify for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship, where he played all three matches.
Iraq[]
Following his impressive performances at the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship and his new club Al-Shorta, Mezher was called up to the senior Iraqi national team for the first time in June 2020, as the 35-man squad entered a one-month long training camp ahead of Iraq's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[6] On 12 November 2020, Mezher made his international debut with Iraq against Jordan in a friendly.[7] He won his second cap for Iraq on 17 November 2020, when he captained his country to a 2-1 victory over Uzbekistan.
References[]
- ^ "محمد مزهر" (in Arabic). Kooora. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Mohammed Mezher". Worldfootball. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "نفط ميسان يسلّم نجميه للشرطة" (in Arabic). Kooora. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ ""Крылья Советов" объявили о трансфере хавбека сборной Ирака Хади". www.championat.com (in Russian). 21 February 2020.
- ^ "First Team Squad". Al-Shorta. October 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Katanec calls up 35 players for Iraq training camp". AFC. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Mohammed Mezher - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive".
External links[]
- Mohammed Mezher at Soccerway
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