| Karrar Ibrahim | |
| Fullname: | Karrar Ibrahim Almusawi |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Basra, Iraq |
| Death Place: | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Height: | 1.90 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthyears1: | –2009 |
| Youthclubs1: | Al-Minaa |
| Years1: | 2009–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Al-Minaa |
| Caps1: | 97 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs2: | Naft Al-Janoob |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs3: | Al-Minaa |
| Caps3: | 13 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2010 |
| Nationalteam1: | Iraq U17 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2011–2013 |
| Nationalteam2: | Iraq U20 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2013–2016 |
| Nationalteam3: | Iraq U23 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam4: | Iraq |
Karrar Ibrahim (19 September 1994 – 9 July 2020) was an Iraqi professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Olympic team in 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.
Ibrahim started playing football at the Al-Minaa Academy,[1] and was able to win with Al-Minaa U16 team the Basra Clubs Youth League in 2009.[2]
In September 2009, he was promoted to play with the club's first team. In 22 May 2010, he played his first match in the Iraq Stars League against Al-Hasanain, where he entered as a substitute in the second half, and proved that he is no different from the team's main goalkeeper after he was able to thwart the opponent's striker Hassan Jabbar's one-on-one.[3]
He stayed with the club until 2017,[4] where he appeared in 97 matches, then moved to Naft Al-Janoob for one season. Then he returned to Al-Minaa for another season, and played in 13 matches, after which he moved to Al-Talaba to play for it in the 2019–2020 season.[5]
Ibrahim was first picked to represent Iraq in 2010, when the under-17 coach Adel Nima selected him to be a part of his 23-man squad to play in Arab School Sports Games in Beirut,[6] in which they won the football gams and won gold medals.[7] [8]
He was also selected by the coach Abdul-Ghani Shahad to be part of the 27-man Olympic squad to play in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[9] [10] In 6 November 2015, coach Yahya Alwan called him in the Iraq squad for the first time in a match against Chinese Taipei.[11]
In 9 July 2020, the player's body was found dead inside his car in Baghdad, showing signs of strangulation.[12] [13]
Al-Minaa Club suspended its sports activities for three days in mourning for the death of its former goalkeeper and considered the 20 as a retired number for posthumous honour,[14] and the President of Asian Football Confederation, Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, issued a statement of condolence about the player.[15]
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