Abbas Obeid Jassim

Abbas Obeid

Personal information
Full name	Abbas Obeid Jassim
Date of birth	(1973-12-10) 10 December 1973
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
Position(s)	Retired (Former Midfielder)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
?-1995	Al Talaba	?	(?)
1996-1997	Anyang LG Cheetahs	27	(3)
1997	→ Pohang Steelers (loan)	9	(1)
1998-2001	Pohang Steelers	52	(5)
2002-2007	Bahrain SC	?	(?)
International career
1995-2001	Iraq	28	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abbas Obeid Jassim (Arabic: عباس عبيد جاسم ‎‎), born 1979 in Iraq, is an Iraqi football player. He played for Anyang LG Cheetahs and Pohang Steelers of the South Korean K-League. He also was selected 28 times for the Iraq national football team where he scored 7 goals. Abbas was a football analyst on Dubai-sports TV channel during the 2007 Asian Cup and was remembered for breaking down in tears on a live broadcast after the Iraqi victory in the final of the tournament.

His younger brother is Haidar Obeid Jassim and he was also part of the Iraq national team.

Club career

• 1996-1997 Anyang LG Cheetahs
• 1997-2001 Pohang Steelers
• 2002-2007 Bahrain Club

International goals

Results list Iraq's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	March 12, 1995	Calcutta	India	1 goal	1-1	1995 Nehru Cup
2.	July 14, 1995	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	2 goals	2-1	1995 Merdeka Cup
3.	July 14, 1995	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	2 goals	2-1	1995 Merdeka Cup
4.	August 7, 1999	Dushanbe	Kyrgyzstan	2 goals	4-1	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5.	August 7, 1999	Dushanbe	Kyrgyzstan	2 goals	4-1	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6.	May 23, 2000	Amman	Lebanon	1 goal	2-1	2000 WAFF
7.	October 24, 2000	Beirut	Japan	1 goal	1-4	2000 AFC Asian Cup

External links

• Abbas Obeid Jassim – K League stats at kleague.com
• Abbas Obeid Jassim – FIFA competition record
• Abbas Obeid Jassim at National-Football-Teams.com