Sahib Abbas Hassan

Sahib Abbas Hassan
Personal information
Place of birth Iraq
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 Al Zawra - (-)
2000–2001 Al Talaba - (-)
2001–2002 Al Nejmeh - (-)
2001–2002 Al Talaba - (-)
2004–2010 Karbalaa FC - (-)
2009–2010 Al Sina - (-)
2010–2011 Al Hindiya - (-)
2011–2012 Karbalaa FC - (-)
National team
1996–2001 Iraq 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sahib Abbas Hassan is an Iraqi football Forward who played for Iraq in the 1996 Asian Cup. He also played for Al Zawra, Al Talaba, Al Nejmeh, Karbalaa FC, Al Sina, and Al Hindiya. His tally of 177 goals in the Iraqi Premier League is an all-time record.

Sahib Abbas was one of the best Iraqi strikers of his generation. He made his name with Al-Zawraa helping the club, featuring the likes Hussam Fawzi and Essam Hamad to two consecutive league and cup doubles in 1995 and 1996. He was a member of the 1996 Asian Cup squad and the disastrous 1998 World Cup qualifying team.

The forward was member of that Iraqi national side in the 1990s who after an extraordinary turn of events in his life was on the Iraqi team roster despite taking part in the 1991 uprisings in the south of the country to overthrow Saddam’s regime.[1]

In 1998, he left the Al-Zawraa club after a dispute with a club official who told him that he had no place at the club. The ruthless official had once hit Sahib’s team-mate and told him “If you flinch I’ll cut your head off.” The player, scared for his life, left the club’s premises and didn’t turn his head until he reached the door of his house and when his mother opened the door he asked if there was anyone behind him such was his fear that he was being followed to see if he flinched!

In 1998, he joined top Lebanese club Al-Nejmeh, playing there for a season without hitting the headlines. After an unimpressive season with the ‘Reds’, he joined lowly club Salam Zghorta in 1999, a team battling to keep its 1st division status. 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. After becoming Lebanese joint top scorer with Al-Ansar’s Brazilian Toninho Cruz, winning the Golden Boot, he returned to Iraq and joining Al-Talaba, winning a league and cup double in 2002.[2] 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.leraqi league 3 (1994-1995) (1995-1996) Al zawra (2001-2002) Al Talaba ... lraq cap 4 (1994-1995) (1995-1996) (1997-1998) Al zawra (2001-2002) Al Talaba [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Hassanin Mubarak. "Sahib Abbas – Football saved his life – from the death penalty to Iraq's number one striker". Ahdaaf.me.
  2. ↑ Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2003.
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