Mustafa Saadoon
Saadoon with Al-Naft
Personal information
Full name Mustafa Saadoon Hantoosh[1]
Date of birth (1994-01-28)28 January 1994
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Date of death 23 April 2021(2021-04-23) (aged 27)
Place of death Baghdad Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Shorta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2015 Al-Kahrabaa
2015–2021 Al-Naft
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mustafa Saadoon Hantoosh (Arabic: مصطفى سعدون حنتوش; 28 January 1994 – 23 April 2021) was an Iraqi professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Saadoon started playing football from a young age, as a goalkeeper with his friends in the streets of Jisr Diyala, a neighbourhood in Baghdad, Iraq.[2] He played for the youth setups of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Shorta before moving to Al-Kahrabaa, where he played for multiple seasons.[2]

Saadoon joined Al-Naft on 17 July 2015,[3] and played in the 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup, Al-Naft's first participation in the competition.[2] He played for Al-Naft in the Iraqi Premier League up to and including the 2020–21 season,[4][5] until his death in 2021.[6]

International career

Saadoun was called up for the Iraq national under-20 team for the 2011 Arab Cup U-20 and for the Iraq national under-23 team for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship,[7] but did not play a game in either tournament.[1] His only call-up for the senior team came in 2018,[2] as an unused substitute in a friendly against Palestine.[8]

Personal life

In 2020, Saadoon volunteered for German humanitarian organization "Without Borders", providing assistance for people infected with COVID-19.[2]

Death

On 18 April 2021, Saadoon suffered from a sudden stroke during a training session with Al-Naft, and was transferred to the Baghdad Medical City.[6] He died five days later, on 23 April.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mustafa Saadoon". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "حارس المرمى مصطفى سعدون لـ (لشبكة): قدمت أجمل مستوياتي مع النفط". مجلة الشبكة العراقية,IMN Magazine (in Arabic). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "النفط يكمل تعاقدات الحراس بانضمام عمار علي". Al-Sumaria TV (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "كووورة يختار تشكيلة الجولة في الدوري العراقي". كووورة. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "صفحة المباراة". IPFL Official Website (in Arabic). 16 April 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 "وفاة حارس مرمى النفط". كووورة. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "كاس العرب للشباب 2011". NIIIIS. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Match Report of Iraq vs Palestine". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.