Mohammed Dawood Yaseen Al-Obaidi (, born 22 November 2000), is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a forward. He plays for Duhok in the Iraq Stars League, and for the Iraq national team.
Dawood began his youth career at his native Al-Oloom wal-Technologia. He moved to Al-Khutoot and then joined Al-Naft SC in summer 2016, He scored his first league goal for Al-Naft in February 2017 against Al-Hussein SC in the Iraqi Premier League, He scored another 8 goals in his debut season, and assisted so many others. In season 2017âÂÂ2018, he was the team's top scorer 18 goals, he was predominantly playing left winger.
Dawood was first called up to Iraq national under-17 team squad for the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship, on 16 September 2016 he played against South Korea and helped Iraq claim a first ever AFC U-16 Championship before the striker picked up the tournament's Most Valuable Player and Top Scorer awards.
Described as â a very good player and studies the opponents very well,â added coach Chathir. âÂÂHe is very talented and can play on the left and right sideâÂÂ, was featured in The Guardian's list of the 60 best young talents in world football 2017.
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Iraq U-17