Mustafa Nadhim


Mustafa Nadhim Jari is an Iraqi footballer defender who most recently played for Al-Shorta in the Iraq Premier League and also plays for the Iraq national team.
The defender played University football in Diwaniya, aged 16 when in Iraq most people would begin university at 18. In that same year, 2010, Mustafa helped guide his University to the Southern Universities Championship title for the first time with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Kufa University with one of the goals scored by future Olympic player Safa Jabar.

Club career

Al Najaf

Mustafa started his career at Al Najaf where he spent three seasons with club, scoring nine goals.

Al Quwa Al Jawiya

Mustafa signed for Al Quwa Al Jawiya for the 2013/14 season in which the team finished 4th. He left the team at the end of the season, signing for Erbil.

Erbil SC

Mustafa spent 2015 with northern club Erbil, before leaving due to financial problems.

Naft Al Wasat

Mustafa signed for reigning champions Naft Al-Wasat ahead of the 2015/16 season, he left in the winter transfer window in 2017.

Al Mina'a

On 27 January 2017, Mustafa signed for Basrah Club Al-Minaa. He made his debut vs Al-Hussein on February 24, keeping a clean sheet in a 1-0 away victory.

International career

Mustafa Nadhim was one of Hakim Shaker’s youth players and after sitting on the bench throughout the 23rd Gulf Cup in Saudi Arabia, he was given his international debut by his mentor in an unofficial friendly against Malaysia. The defender played at right back that day and scored an acrobatic overhead kick. On February 6, 2013 Mustafa Nadhim made his official International debut against Indonesia in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 October 2013Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut2–13–2Friendly
2.21 February 2014Zabeel Stadium, Dubai1–02–0Friendly
3.4 August 2018Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram2–03–0Friendly

Honors

Club

;Al-Shorta
;Iraq Youth team
;Iraq