Abed Saleem Hammad (born 14 October 1995) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Iraqi Stars League side Al-Minaa.

Club career

Saleem began his career with Al-Ramadi,[1] and on 16 August 2019, he moved to Al-Karkh, where he performed exceptionally well and contributed to the Iraq FA Cup for the first time in the club's history win in the 2021–22 season.[2] He also performed well the following year in the same tournament, saving three penalty kicks in the quarter-finals against Al-Talaba in a match that his team won on penalties and helping them qualify for the semi-finals.[3]

On 12 August 2023, he moved to play with Al-Minaa and signed a two-season contract.[4] However, he was unable to play with the team, due to Al-Minaa's ban by FIFA from contracting players,[5] Saleem moved on loan to Amanat Baghdad in the winter transfer period.[6] On 13 August 2024, after the ban period ended, Al-Minaa announced the goalkeeper's return from loan, and his contract was renewed for an additional season.[7] He performed well with the team, and in the 14th round he was the fifth best goalkeeper in the league, having obtained 6 clean sheets and conceded only 10 goals.[8] This prompted the club to renew his contract for an additional season on 20 August 2025.[9][10] On 5 October 2025, he saved a penalty kick in an away match against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, taken by Saad Abdul-Amir.[11]

Honours

Al-Karkh

References

  1. ^ "نجوم على الطريق …. الموهبة سليم حماد القادم بقوة لحراسة المرمى للمنتخبات العراقية". al-iraqinews.com (in Arabic). June 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "الكرخ بطلا لكأس العراق للمرة الأولى في تاريخه". kooora.com (in Arabic). July 16, 2022.
  3. ^ "بالصور.. الكرخ يكمل أضلاع المربع الذهبي لكأس العراق". kooora.com (in Arabic). July 6, 2023.
  4. ^ ادارة الميناء تتعاقد مع لاعبين وحارس مرمى لدعم فريقها الكروي في الموسم المقبل (in Arabic). ninanews.com. 13 August 2023.
  5. ^ ""بسبب عقوبات الـ"فيفا".. الميناء يدخل دوري المحترفين بـ11 لاعباً فقط". shafaq.com (in Arabic). October 26, 2023.
  6. ^ "الأمانة يستغني عن ثلاثة لاعبين ويضم حارس مرمى". almuraqeb-aliraqi.org (in Arabic). January 3, 2024.
  7. ^ "رسميا مدافع منتخب زيمبابوي يعزز صفوف الميناء". ninanews.com (in Arabic). August 14, 2024.
  8. ^ الزوراء أكثر المستفيدين ودفاع الطلبة والنفط الأفضل (in Arabic). alsabaah.iq. 21 January 2025.
  9. ^ الميناء يجدد عقد حارسه وقلب دفاعه (in Arabic). ysscores.com. 20 August 2025.
  10. ^ الميناء يجدد لحارس مرماه ومدافعه ويفقد مهاجمه (in Arabic). alkhaleej.ae. 20 August 2025.
  11. ^ فوز مستحق للصقور على الميناء بهدف الحارث حاتم (in Arabic). almarsa-news.com. 27 September 2025.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abed_Saleem