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Mustafa Saadoon
Personal information
Full name	Mustafa Saadoon Abbood Al-Korji
Date of birth	25 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Corgi, Iraq
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Number	17
Youth career
–2022	RCD Espanyol Academy Baghdad
Senior career*
Years	Team
2022–2023	Al-Kahrabaa
2023–	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
International career‡
2022–	Iraq U23
2023–	Iraq
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Iraq
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 April 2024

Mustafa Saadoon Abbood Al-Korji (Arabic: مصطفى سعدون; born 25 May 2001) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a right back for Iraq Stars League club Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and the Iraq national team.

Club career

Born in Corgi, Saadoon spent his youth career at the RCD Espanyol football academy in Baghdad. In 2022, he joined Al-Kahrabaa and played there during one season before joining Iraqi giant Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in August 2023.^[2]

International career

On 13 October 2023, Saadoon made his international debut for Iraq in the team's goaless draw against Qatar, as part of the 2023 Jordan International Tournament.^[3]

In April 2024, Saadoon featured in Iraq U23's squad for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup. In the last group stage match against Saudi Arabia, he won a penalty for his team and later scored himself the winning goal for Iraq as the match ended in a 2–1 win for them, thus qualify Iraq to the quarter-finals as the group winner despite losing their first game.^[4]^[5] Saadoun continoued to feature for the team as they finished third overall in the tournament and qualified to the 2024 Olympic games