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Noor Sabri

Noor Sabri

Iraqi footballer

Noor Sabri Abbas Hasan Al-Baidawi (Arabic: نُور صَبْرِيّ عَبَّاس حَسَن الْبَيْدَاوِيّ), simply known as Noor Sabri (born 6 June 1984 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi professional goalkeeper. He plays for Samarra in the Iraqi Premier League.[1] He played 16 years for the Iraqi national team and retired from international football in 2018.[2]

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Career

Noor Sabri belongs to the country's golden generation that was nurtured by Adnan Hamad. He broke on to the Asian scene in the AFC Youth Championship 2000, when he warmed the bench until the final game against Japan. Despite serving as the replacement for the suspended first choice Ahmed Ali Jaber, Sabri earned praise for keeping Iraq in contention before Emad Mohammed scored the title-winning goal.

He was quickly back on the sidelines as the team played in the subsequent 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina, where they failed to progress beyond the group stage. However, although he served as a back-up to Jaber with the national youth team, Sabri proved a fast learner at the club level and went from strength to strength with Iraqi first division side Al-Zawraa. He saved two penalties in the 2002 WAFF Championship semi-final penalty shootout to help Iraq eliminate rivals Iran on their way to the title. His improvement impressed German coach Bernd Stange so much that the youngster was called into the team that eventually booked a surprise berth to the 2004 Summer Olympics. He started in all six of Iraq's games during their campaign and performed admirably as Iraq stormed into the last four. He won the Damascus International Championship in 2005 with Al-Talaba when they defeated Al-Zawraa 5–4 on penalties in the final with Noor saving two penalties and scoring one himself in the shootout. Like many of his team-mates on the Olympic squad, Sabri graduated to the country's senior team. He went on to make the No. 1 jersey his own in the ensuing years and was part of the side that earned Iraq's maiden continental title in 2007, conceding just two goals throughout Iraq's title-winning campaign.

Sabri impressed throughout the competition as Iraq reached the semi-final, where they were presented with the daunting task of facing the Korea Republic. The two sides remained level at 0–0 after extra time and a penalty shootout beckoned. After both sides were on target in the first three rounds, Sabri made a decisive save by tipping away Yeom Ki-Hun's shot. After Kim Jung-Woo hit the post in their final attempt, it was Sabri and his team-mates who, against all expectations, progressed to the final.

In March 2016, Sabri announced his retirement from international football,[3] adding that the reason is to allow young players an opportunity to represent the Iraqi national team.[4] In March 2018, he returned to the national team to play his 100th match.[5]

On 24 June 2018, Noor Sabri joined Saudi club Hajer.[6]

Honours

Iraq

Al-Zawraa

Naft Al-Wasat

Individual

Personal life

Noor Sabri is Shia Muslim[8] and married. He has 4 children.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". kooora.com.
  2. [2]
    "نور صبري يعتزل دولياً ويغيب عن تصفيات مونديال روسيا" [Nour Sabri retires from international football and misses the World Cup qualifiers in Russia]. rudaw.net (in Arabic). 13 April 2016.
  3. [3]
    "نور صبري يعلن اعتزاله دولياً" (in Arabic).
  4. [4]
    "نور صبري يعلن اعتزاله اللعب دوليا".
  5. [5]
    "نور صبري يقترب من نادي المائة" (in Arabic).
  6. [6]
    "إدارة هجر تنهي اتفاقها مع الحارس الدولي العراقي "نور صبري"". Retrieved 26 June 2018.[permanent dead link]
  7. [7]
    "نور صبري افضل حارس فى خليجي 21" (in Arabic).
  8. [8]
    Greenwell, Megan (30 July 2007). "Jubilant Iraqis Savor Their Soccer Triumph". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
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