Full name Sabah Jeayer Khalaf 2000-2002 Talaba SC Name Sabah Jeayer | Playing position Role Football player Years Team Position Forward | |
Date of birth (1969-11-30) 30 November 1969 (age 46) | ||
Sabah Jeayer, (born 30 November 1969) is an Iraqi football forward who played for Iraq in the 2000 Asian Cup, Talaba SC, and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.
Sabah Jeayer was a talented forward, who is great in the air and also a goalscorer capable of rising to the big match occasion, with two goals at the 2000 Asian Cup.
He started his career with the Talaba SC youth team in 1986, before moving to Air Force club Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in 1991 and then moving back to Al-Talaba in 1993. He was given his first call-up to the national team in 1992.
In 1995, he helped Talaba to the Asian Cup Winners Cup final and scored 14 goals to help Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya win the double in 1997.
He was a member of Iraq's disastrous World Cup qualifying campaign for France'98, but stormed back after three years in exile with a magnificent double over hosts Lebanon in the Asian Cup. He was recalled by Milan Zivadinovic, who called him his secret weapon, Sabah has become one of Iraq’s star players.
The trickle of goals, he has scored during his career were always celebrated with an acrobatic somersault.