| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Muslim Mousa Fayyadh Al-Hamadani[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2005-03-11) 11 March 2005[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Basra, Iraq | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Minaa | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2022 | Al-Minaa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Al-Minaa | 61 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2025 | Iraq U20 | 17 | (1) |
| 2025– | Iraq U23 | 6 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 December 2025 | |||
Muslim Mousa Fayyadh (Arabic: مسلم موسى فياض; born 11 March 2005) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a left back for Iraq Stars League side Al-Minaa.
His father, Mousa Fayyadh, was a former player for Al-Minaa and the team captain.
Club career
Mousa started playing football at the Al-Minaa Academy, and won with Al-Minaa U19 team, the Iraqi Youth Premier League in 2022.[2][3]
In September 2022, he was promoted to play with the club's first team, and they won the Iraqi Premier Division League and gained promotion to the Iraq Stars League.[4][5]
In September 2023, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed[6] and he played in the starting lineup regularly in the league, On December 29, 2023, he scored his first goal in the Iraq Stars League, which was the winning goal against Karbalaa in a match that ended with a score of 2–1 for Al-Minaa.[7]
In August 2024, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed for an additional season.[8] He did not play much in the 2024–25 season, as the club allowed him to participate in the AFC U-20 Asian Cup in China after initially refusing to allow him.[9][10] However, on December 5, 2024, he scored two goals against Erbil in a match that ended 3–0,[11] and on January 2, 2025, he scored the winning goal against Naft Maysan in a match that ended 1–0.[12][13] On 5 October 2025, he opened the scoring in the sixth minute against Al-Najaf, in a match that ended with a 4–2 victory for Al-Minaa.[14]
International career
Mousa was first picked to represent Iraq in 2022, when the under-20 coach Emad Mohammed selected him to be a part of his 26-man squad to play in 2022 Arab Cup U-20.[3][15] He was also part of the squad for the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification, scoring the winning goal against Kuwait[16] as Iraq qualified for the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup despite losing to Australia.[17] He was also part of the 21-man squad for the Iraq at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[18] He was also part of 23-man squad for the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup in Uzbekistan,[19] where the team finished runners-up after losing to the host country in the final.[20] He was also part of the 26-man squad for the under-20 team at the 2024 WAFF U-23 Championship in Saudi Arabia,[21] and was also part of the 23-man squad for the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup in China.[22][23][24]
He was also part of under-23 squad for the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification in Cambodia,[25] He was also named to the Olympic team for the AGCFF U-23 Gulf Cup in Qatar and scored a goal in his first match of the tournament against Yemen.[26] The Olympic team finished in a runner-up after losing in the final against Saudi Arabia.[27]
Honours
Al-Minaa
Iraq U-20
- AFC U-20 Asian Cup runner-up: 2023
Iraq U-23
- AGCFF U-23 Gulf Cup runner-up: 2025
References
- ^ a b c Muslim Mousa at Soccerway
- ^ "الميناء بطلا للدوري العراقي للشباب". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). June 10, 2022.
- ^ a b "استدعاء لاعبين وحارس مرمى شباب الميناء لمنتخب شباب العراق". almarsa-news.com (in Arabic). June 12, 2022.
- ^ "الميناء يتوج بطلا لدوري الدرجة الاولى بكرة القدم". ninanews.com (in Arabic). June 2, 2023.
- ^ "الميناء يحرز لقب دوري الدرجة الاولى للموسم 2022/ 2023". al-mirbad.com (in Arabic). June 2, 2023.
- ^ لاعبون يجددون للعب مع فريق الميناء للموسم المقبل (in Arabic). almarsa-news.com. 11 September 2023.
- ^ "الميناء يهزم كربلاء في دوري نجوم العراق". almaalomah.me (in Arabic). December 29, 2023.
- ^ "لاعب الأولمبي ينتقل لنادي الميناء". almaalomah.me (in Arabic). August 19, 2024.
- ^ رفض ناديا الكهرباء والميناء تفريغ لاعبين للسفر مع منتخب الشباب إلى معسكر تايلاند (in Arabic). nrttv.com. 19 January 2025.
- ^ الكهرباء والميناء يتراجعان عن موقفهما من منتخب شباب العراق (in Arabic). kooora.com. January 22, 2025.
- ^ الميناء يفوز على اربيل بثلاثية نظيفة (in Arabic). ninanews.com. December 5, 2024.
- ^ مسلم موسى يقود الميناء لتحقيق الفوز على نفط ميسان (in Arabic). ysscores.com. January 2, 2025.
- ^ الميناء يكسب ثلاث نقاط من نفط ميسان (in Arabic). ninanews.com. January 2, 2025.
- ^ الميناء يكرم ضيافة النجف برباعية في دوري نجوم العراق (in Arabic). almutalee.com. 5 October 2025.
- ^ "منتخب شباب العراق يعلن قائمته لكأس العرب". kooora.com (in Arabic). July 12, 2022.
- ^ "شباب العراق يهز شباك الكويت بثنائية نظيفة". al-aalem.com (in Arabic). October 16, 2022.
- ^ "العراق يبلغ نهائيات آسيا للشباب رغم الخسارة أمام أستراليا (1-0)". al-aalem.com (in Arabic). October 19, 2022.
- ^ "رسمياً.. القائمة النهائية لمنتخب شباب العراق في كأس العالم". shafaq.com (in Arabic). May 10, 2023.
- ^ "إعلان قائمة منتخب الشباب العراقي المشاركة بكأس آسيا 2023". alssaa.com (in Arabic). June 21, 2023.
- ^ "أوزبكستان تهزم العراق وتحصد لقبها الأول في كأس آسيا للشباب". alarabiya.net (in Arabic). March 18, 2023.
- ^ "الإعلان عن قائمة منتخب الشباب المشارك في بطولة غرب آسيا". ina.iq (in Arabic). June 22, 2024.
- ^ "إعلان تشكيلة منتخب الشباب العراقي للقاء كوريا الشمالية". shafaq.com (in Arabic). February 13, 2025.
- ^ "موسى يتوعد الأخضر في الصين". arriyadiyah.com (in Arabic). February 14, 2025.
- ^ "مسلم موسى لاعب العراق يتطلع للفوز على السعودية بأمم آسيا للشباب". alwahdanews.ae (in Arabic). 14 February 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ "عماد محمد يعلن قائمة الأولمبي المشارك بمعسكر ماليزيا استعدادا لتصفيات كأس آسيا 2023". al-aalem.com (in Arabic). August 20, 2025.
- ^ "الاولمبي العراقي يخسر امام اليمن في مستهل مشواره ببطولة كأس الخليج تحت 23 سنة". shafaq.com (in Arabic). December 4, 2025.
- ^ "المنتخب الأولمبي العراقي وصيفا لكأس الخليج دون 23 عاما". ina-iraq.com (in Arabic). December 17, 2025.
External links
- Muslim Mousa at Soccerway (archive)
- Muslim Mousa at Global Sports Archive
