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Noor Sabri
	Noor with Zakho SC in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Noor Sabri Abbas Hassan; Al-Baidawi
Date of birth	6 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
−1998	Al-Sinaa
1998–1999	Al-Shorta
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Al-Kadhimiya
2000–2003	Al-Zawraa
2003–2004	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2004–2006	Al-Talaba
2006–2007	Mes Kerman
2007–2008	Duhok
2008–2009	Al-Talaba
2009–2010	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2010–2011	Zakho
2011–2012	Al-Najaf
2012–2013	Al-Naft
2013–2014	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2014–2016	Naft Al-Wasat
2016	Al-Shorta
2017	Al-Minaa
2017–2018	Al-Talaba
2018	Naft Al-Wasat
2018–2019	Hajer
2019–2020	Al-Najaf
2020–2021	Naft Maysan
2022	Samarra
International career‡
2002–2018	Iraq
Medal record
Representing Iraq
Men's Football
AFC Asian Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018

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]

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]