Salih Jaber
Encyclopedia
Saleh Jaber is an Iraq
i football player who currently plays for Partizanul Merei in Romania
. He played once for the Iraq national team
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. It was there on the streets of the city that the young Salih started playing local Sha’abiya football before he joined the Mosul juniors or Nasha’een in 1994 under coach Khalid Ahmed and later with the youth team in 1997 with coaches Mekki and Nadhim Fadhil. Three years later in season 2000-2001 at the age of 17, Salih was promoted to the first team of Mosul with coach Mohammed Jassim and his assistant Mohammed Fathi and managed to score seven goals for the team in the Iraqi second division.
The move proved to be a success for Salih as he scored 12 goals in 10 matches to be named the top scorer in the Syrian second division. Salih’s goals helped the club to fourth place in the northern group of the second division with 23 points, however they were 15 points behind leaders Fetowa. His goals did eventually lead him to the Syrian first division or the “Mumtaz” league however with another club, as he moved to Umayya Idlib with his team-mate Silwan Mohammed. However his time at the club was short and after only 10 appearances and three goals in the top division in Syria, an Romanian
agent of Syrian descent called Dr.Aksam Kadour offered him a chance to play in Europe through his connections in his adoptive country, and Salih without thinking twice took it. In early 2004 he moved to Romanian second division club FC Gloria Buzău for a transfer fee of $140,000 dollars and a monthly wage of $5,300 dollars.
At the time of the Iraqi player’s arrival to Romania, the hostage situation involving Romanian Journalists Marie Jeanne Ion, Ovidiu Ohanesian and Sorin Miscoci who were seized in the Iraqi capital on March 28, 2005 along with their translator Mohd Munaf were making headlines in the Romanian press. Their captives declared they would be killed if Romanian troops had not left Iraq in four days. They were eventually released unharmed in May 2005.
Salih having only just made his debut on April 16, told Pro Sport newspaper “If I were sure that the Romanian journalists would be released, I would offer myself in exchange.”, and added “My people are quiet and my countrymen don’t do these kind of things.”
After scoring six goals in only eight games for Gloria Buzău including a hat-trick in a 5-1 win over CS Politehnica Timişoara, Salih was interesting several top clubs and in the end joined Universităţii Craiova, a team that had just been relegated from the Romanian first division Divizie A.
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
i football player who currently plays for Partizanul Merei in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. He played once for the Iraq national team
Iraq national football team
The Iraqi national football team represents Iraq in international football and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association. They won the 2007 Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup tournament.-The Golden Generation:...
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Career
Salih Jaber Salih born on October 28, 1985, has come a long way from his modest beginnings in the northern city of MosulMosul
Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial...
. It was there on the streets of the city that the young Salih started playing local Sha’abiya football before he joined the Mosul juniors or Nasha’een in 1994 under coach Khalid Ahmed and later with the youth team in 1997 with coaches Mekki and Nadhim Fadhil. Three years later in season 2000-2001 at the age of 17, Salih was promoted to the first team of Mosul with coach Mohammed Jassim and his assistant Mohammed Fathi and managed to score seven goals for the team in the Iraqi second division.
The move proved to be a success for Salih as he scored 12 goals in 10 matches to be named the top scorer in the Syrian second division. Salih’s goals helped the club to fourth place in the northern group of the second division with 23 points, however they were 15 points behind leaders Fetowa. His goals did eventually lead him to the Syrian first division or the “Mumtaz” league however with another club, as he moved to Umayya Idlib with his team-mate Silwan Mohammed. However his time at the club was short and after only 10 appearances and three goals in the top division in Syria, an Romanian
Football in Romania
Football is the most popular sport in Romania. The Romanian Football Federation , a member of UEFA, is the sport's national governing body.-League system:...
agent of Syrian descent called Dr.Aksam Kadour offered him a chance to play in Europe through his connections in his adoptive country, and Salih without thinking twice took it. In early 2004 he moved to Romanian second division club FC Gloria Buzău for a transfer fee of $140,000 dollars and a monthly wage of $5,300 dollars.
At the time of the Iraqi player’s arrival to Romania, the hostage situation involving Romanian Journalists Marie Jeanne Ion, Ovidiu Ohanesian and Sorin Miscoci who were seized in the Iraqi capital on March 28, 2005 along with their translator Mohd Munaf were making headlines in the Romanian press. Their captives declared they would be killed if Romanian troops had not left Iraq in four days. They were eventually released unharmed in May 2005.
Salih having only just made his debut on April 16, told Pro Sport newspaper “If I were sure that the Romanian journalists would be released, I would offer myself in exchange.”, and added “My people are quiet and my countrymen don’t do these kind of things.”
After scoring six goals in only eight games for Gloria Buzău including a hat-trick in a 5-1 win over CS Politehnica Timişoara, Salih was interesting several top clubs and in the end joined Universităţii Craiova, a team that had just been relegated from the Romanian first division Divizie A.