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'''Sahib Abbas Hassan''' ({{lang-ar|صاحب عباس حسين}}; born 3 November 1969) is an Iraqi former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|striker]]. He represented [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] at the [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996 Asian Cup]], and also played for various clubs in Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Bahrain, and Syria. The player's tally of 177 goals in the [[Iraqi Premier League]] is an all-time record.
'''Sahib Abbas Hassan''' ({{lang-ar|صاحب عباس حسين}}; born 3 November 1969) is an Iraqi former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|striker]]. He represented [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] at the [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996 Asian Cup]], and also played for various clubs in Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Bahrain, and Syria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/22/sahib-abbas-the-striker-saved-by-football-in-saddam-hussein-iraq|title=The forgotten story of … the striker saved by football in Saddam’s Iraq|publisher=theguardian.com}}</ref>


== Club career ==
== Club career ==
Sahib Abbas was considered one of the best Iraqi strikers of his generation.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|author=Hassanin Mubarak|title=Player Database|url=http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030408193552/http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=11|archive-date=April 8, 2003|publisher=iraqsport.com}}</ref> After beginning his career at [[Karbalaa FC|Karbalaa]],<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=نجوم في الذاكرة..صاحب عباس مهاجم ماكر"|url=https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=85868|website=almadapaper.net}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|title=صاحب عباس.. نورس متميز يرنو لنهاية سعيدة أمام الصقور"|url=https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=106209|website=almadapaper.net}}</ref> Abbas moved to [[Salahaddin FC|Salahaddin]] in 1991,<ref name=":2" /> playing as the main-choice striker.<ref name=":1" /> In 1993 he moved to [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]]<ref name=":2" />—where he made his name—helping the club, featuring the likes [[Hussam Fawzi]] and [[Essam Hamad]], to two consecutive league and cup doubles in 1995 and 1996.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
Sahib Abbas was considered one of the best Iraqi strikers of his generation.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|author=Hassanin Mubarak|title=Player Database|url=http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030408193552/http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=11|archive-date=April 8, 2003|publisher=iraqsport.com}}</ref> After beginning his career at [[Karbalaa FC|Karbalaa]],<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=نجوم في الذاكرة..صاحب عباس مهاجم ماكر|url=https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=85868|website=almadapaper.net}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|title=صاحب عباس.. نورس متميز يرنو لنهاية سعيدة أمام الصقور|url=https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=106209|website=almadapaper.net}}</ref> Abbas moved to [[Salahaddin FC|Salahaddin]] in 1991,<ref name=":2" /> playing as the main-choice striker.<ref name=":1" /> In 1993 he moved to [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]]<ref name=":2" />—where he made his name—helping the club, featuring the likes [[Hussam Fawzi]] and [[Essam Hamad]], to two consecutive league and cup doubles in 1995 and 1996.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />


In 1998, he joined top Lebanese club [[Nejmeh SC|Al-Nejmeh]],<ref name=":2" /> playing there for a season without hitting the headlines.<ref name=":0" /> After an unimpressive season with the ‘Reds’, he joined lowly club [[Salam Zghorta]] in 1999,<ref name=":2" /> a team battling to keep its 1st division status.<ref name=":0" /> Thanks to Sahib’s devastating performances the club avoided relegated with Sahib scoring 14 goals in 22 games, quite an achievement considering the team only scored 32 goals all season.<ref name=":0" /> After becoming Lebanese joint top scorer with Al-Ansar’s Brazilian Toninho Cruz, winning the Golden Boot,<ref name=":2" /> he returned to Iraq and joining [[Al-Talaba]], winning a league and cup double in 2002.<ref name=":0" />
In 1998, he joined top Lebanese club [[Nejmeh SC|Al-Nejmeh]],<ref name=":2" /> playing there for a season without hitting the headlines.<ref name=":0" /> After an unimpressive season with the ‘Reds’, he joined lowly club [[Salam Zghorta]] in 1999,<ref name=":2" /> a team battling to keep its 1st division status.<ref name=":0" /> Thanks to Sahib's devastating performances the club avoided relegated with Sahib scoring 14 goals in 22 games, quite an achievement considering the team only scored 32 goals all season.<ref name=":0" /> After becoming Lebanese joint top scorer with Al-Ansar's Brazilian Toninho Cruz, winning the Golden Boot,<ref name=":2" /> he returned to Iraq and joining [[Al-Talaba]], winning a league and cup double in 2002.<ref name=":0" />


He continued to play for clubs in Jordan, Bahrain and Syria and in 2012, Sahib finally hung up his boots with his home city club Karbala finishing his career with a record 177 Iraqi league goals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=لاعب عربي أنقذته موهبته من الإعدام …إنجلترا تحتفي به ! - هاي كورة|url=http://hihi2.com/2019/03/22/p1203369.html|access-date=2020-10-24|website=hihi2.com}}</ref>
He continued to play for clubs in Jordan, Bahrain and Syria and in 2012, Sahib finally hung up his boots with his home city club Karbala finishing his career with 177 Iraqi league goals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=لاعب عربي أنقذته موهبته من الإعدام …إنجلترا تحتفي به ! - هاي كورة|url=http://hihi2.com/2019/03/22/p1203369.html|access-date=2020-10-24|website=hihi2.com}}</ref>


== International career ==
== International career ==
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* [[List of Lebanese Premier League top scorers|Lebanese Premier League top goalscorer]]: [[1999–2000 Lebanese Premier League|1999–2000]]{{Efn|Tied with [[Toninho dos Santos (footballer, born 1965)|Toninho dos Santos]]|name=elite-top}}
* [[List of Lebanese Premier League top scorers|Lebanese Premier League top goalscorer]]: [[1999–2000 Lebanese Premier League|1999–2000]]{{Efn|Tied with [[Toninho dos Santos (footballer, born 1965)|Toninho dos Santos]]|name=elite-top}}
* [[Iraqi Premier League]] top goalscorer: [[2005–06 Iraqi Premier League|2005–06]]
* [[Iraqi Premier League]] top goalscorer: [[2005–06 Iraqi Premier League|2005–06]]

'''Records'''
* [[Iraqi Premier League]] all-time goalscorer: 177 goals


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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Revision as of 23:38, 5 December 2023

Sahib Abbas
Personal information
Full name Sahib Abbas Hassan
Date of birth (1969-11-03) 3 November 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Karbala, Iraq
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 Al-Jamahir
1990–1991 Karbalaa
1991–1993 Salahaddin (42)
1993–1998 Al-Zawra (62)
1998–1999 Nejmeh (4)
1999–2000 Salam Zgharta (14)
2001 Al-Hussein Irbid (5)
2001–2002 Al-Talaba (18)
2002–2003 Al-Hussein Irbid (1)
2003 Al-Ahli Manama
2003–2004 Al-Shabab Manama (21)
2004–2009 Karbalaa (50)
2006–2007 → Afrin (loan)
2009–2010 Al-Sinaa (5)
2011–2012 Karbalaa[1] (0)
International career
1996–2001 Iraq 8 (2)
Managerial career
2010–2011 Al-Hindiya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sahib Abbas Hassan (Arabic: صاحب عباس حسين; born 3 November 1969) is an Iraqi former professional footballer who played as a striker. He represented Iraq at the 1996 Asian Cup, and also played for various clubs in Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Bahrain, and Syria.[2]

Club career

Sahib Abbas was considered one of the best Iraqi strikers of his generation.[3] After beginning his career at Karbalaa,[4][5] Abbas moved to Salahaddin in 1991,[5] playing as the main-choice striker.[4] In 1993 he moved to Al-Zawraa[5]—where he made his name—helping the club, featuring the likes Hussam Fawzi and Essam Hamad, to two consecutive league and cup doubles in 1995 and 1996.[3][4]

In 1998, he joined top Lebanese club Al-Nejmeh,[5] playing there for a season without hitting the headlines.[3] After an unimpressive season with the ‘Reds’, he joined lowly club Salam Zghorta in 1999,[5] a team battling to keep its 1st division status.[3] Thanks to Sahib's devastating performances the club avoided relegated with Sahib scoring 14 goals in 22 games, quite an achievement considering the team only scored 32 goals all season.[3] After becoming Lebanese joint top scorer with Al-Ansar's Brazilian Toninho Cruz, winning the Golden Boot,[5] he returned to Iraq and joining Al-Talaba, winning a league and cup double in 2002.[3]

He continued to play for clubs in Jordan, Bahrain and Syria and in 2012, Sahib finally hung up his boots with his home city club Karbala finishing his career with 177 Iraqi league goals.[6]

International career

Abbas was a member of the 1996 Asian Cup squad and the 1998 World Cup qualifying team.[citation needed]

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Abbas goal.
List of international goals scored by Sahib Abbas
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 20 June 1997 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq  Pakistan 4–1 6–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 6–1

Honours

Al-Zawra

Al-Talaba

Al-Ahli Manama

Al-Shabab Manama

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ Tied with Toninho dos Santos

Bibliography

  • Al-Sabti, Ali (2014). Iraqi League History 1974-2011. Iraq.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

  1. ^ "اللاعب الدولي السابق ...يكسر قرار اعتزاله ...ويقود كرة كربلاء من جديد". Kooora.com. 5 November 2011.
  2. ^ "The forgotten story of … the striker saved by football in Saddam's Iraq". theguardian.com.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2003.
  4. ^ a b c "نجوم في الذاكرة..صاحب عباس مهاجم ماكر". almadapaper.net.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "صاحب عباس.. نورس متميز يرنو لنهاية سعيدة أمام الصقور". almadapaper.net.
  6. ^ "لاعب عربي أنقذته موهبته من الإعدام …إنجلترا تحتفي به ! - هاي كورة". hihi2.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
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