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SAAD
BINYAMIN
Saad Binyamin
(Club Africain)
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Brief
Profile
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Name:
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Saad Binyamin
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Date of Birth:
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Not Available
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Club:
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Al-Zawraa
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Position:
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Defender/Midfielder
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Ex-club (s):
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Al-Rasheed,
Al-Shourta, Club Africain (Tunisia)
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Saad Abdul-Hamed was a talented Assyrian player, who was capable of playing
at left back or left side of midfield. He started his career at Al-Shabab
alongside another Assyrian player, Basil Gorgis. Al-Shabab were a talented
team that had made 2 consecutive Iraqi Cup final appearances in 1983 and 1984,
while Falah Hassan was Captain of the club, in 1990 the club repeated the
feats of the early 80s reaching the final against Al-Zawraa, but lost 2-1 on
penalties.
In 1988, Saad
was called up to play for the Iraqi U-19s in the Asian Youth Championship in
Doha, Qatar, where the team won the tournament and qualifyed to play in the
1989 World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia.
In 1989, he was given his international debut and become a permanent fixture
of the Iraqi national team until 1995.
After the large flow of top players turning professional and moving abroad,
Saad decided to move, playing for Tunisian team Club Africain during the
mid-90s. |
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