Ibrahim Salim Saad | |
Birth Place: | Baghdad, Iraq |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Currentclub: | Al-Talaba (goalkeeper coach) |
Years1: | 1988–1990 |
Years2: | 1990–1991 |
Clubs2: | Al-Karkh |
Years3: | 1991–1993 |
Clubs3: | Al-Shorta |
Years4: | 1993–1994 |
Clubs4: | Salahaddin |
Goals4: | 1[1] |
Years5: | 1994–1995 |
Clubs5: | Al-Karkh |
Goals5: | 3 |
Years6: | 1995–1996 |
Clubs6: | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
Years7: | 1996–1997 |
Clubs7: | Al-Zawraa |
Years8: | 1997–1999 |
Clubs8: | Al-Shorta |
Years9: | 1999–2000 |
Clubs9: | Salahaddin |
Years10: | 2000–2001 |
Years11: | 2001 |
Clubs11: | FK Dubočica |
Caps11: | 12 |
Goals11: | 0 |
Years12: | 2001 |
Clubs12: | Riada Wal Adab[2] |
Years13: | 2001–2002 |
Clubs13: | Erbil |
Years14: | 2002 |
Clubs14: | Al-Wehda |
Nationalyears1: | 1993–1995 |
Nationalteam1: | Iraq |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 2019 |
Managerclubs1: | Al-Talaba (goalkeeper) |
Manageryears2: | 2021– |
Managerclubs2: | Al-Talaba (goalkeeper) |
Ibrahim Salim Saad (; born 1972[3]) is an Iraqi former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
In the 1990s, Salim Saad was playing in Lebanon,[3] before returning to Iraq where he played first at Salahaddin[3] and, after one season, moved to Al-Talaba.[3] In the winter-break of the 2000–01 season, Salim Saad went to Serbia and played half a season in the Second League club FK Dubočica from Leskovac, where he had 12 league appearances.[3] In 2001, he signed for Erbil,[3] before moving, in 2002 to Yemen to represent the capital Sanaa club Al-Wahda.[3]
Salim Saad was a part of the Iraq national team. Among others, he participated in the "Agony of Doha" match, held in Doha, Qatar on 28 October 1993, between Iraq and Japan,[4] It was a qualification game for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, that finished in a 2–2 draw, and in which Saad was the Iraqi goalkeeper.[5] Iraq ended up not qualifying. He also played in the same qualifiers against North Korea[6] Saudi Arabia[7] and Iran.[8]