Karrar Jaafar

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Karrar Jaafar
Personal information
Full name Karrar Jaafar Gatea [1]
Date of birth (2006-07-29) 29 July 2006 (age 18) [2]
Place of birth Basra, Iraq
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Left winger, forward
Team information
Current team
 Al-Minaa
Number 11
Youth career
–2022 Al-Minaa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Al-Minaa 55 (13)
International career‡
2022–2023 Iraq U17 8 (1)
2023– Iraq U20 5 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2024

Karrar Jaafar (born 29 July 2006) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Iraq Stars League side Al-Minaa.

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Club career

Jaafar started playing football at the Al-Minaa Academy, and won with Al-Minaa U19 team, the Iraqi Youth Premier League in 2022. [3]

In September 2022, he was promoted to play with the club's first team, and they won the Iraqi Premier Division League and gained promotion to the Iraq Stars League. [4] [5] He scored five goals, scoring against Al-Jolan, Al-Hussein, Afak, Al-Samawa [6] and Al-Shirqat. [7]

In August 2023, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed [8] and he played in the starting lineup regularly in the Iraqi Stars League, He was Al-Minaa's top scorer that season, scoring 8 goals, scoring against Al-Najaf, [9] Al-Hudood, [10] Al-Zawraa, [11] Karbala, [12] Zakho, [13] Erbil, [14] Naft Maysan, [15] and Dohuk. [16] His rocket goal against Al-Najaf goalkeeper Sarhang Muhsin was considered a strange phenomenon in the league, as it was the goal of the youngest player in the league (16 years old) against the oldest goalkeeper in the league (37 years old). [17] In August 2024, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed for an additional season. [18]

International career

Jaafar was first picked to represent Iraq in 2022, when the under-17 coach Ahmed Kadhim selected him to be a part of his 23-man squad to play in 2022 Arab Cup U-17. [19] In his first match, he scored the best goal in the tournament against Morocco. [20] [21] He was also part of the squad for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification. [22]

He was also selected by the coach Emad Mohammed to be part of the 26-man Iraq U20 squad to play in the 2024 WAFF U-19 Championship. [23] He was also named in the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification in Thailand [24] and played the first match against Brunei and scored two goals, provided two assists and caused a penalty in this match. [25] He also scored the winner against Thailand in the final round match, helping his team qualify for the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup in China. [26]

Honours

Al-Minaa

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