Salam Shaker

Salam Shaker
Personal information
Full name	Salam Shaker Ali Dad
Date of birth	31 July 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al-Fateh
Number	5
Youth career
2004	Al-Karkh
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2005	Al-Karkh
2005	Al-Shorta
2005–2006	Al-Talaba
2006–2008	Arbil SC
2008–2014	Al-Khor
2014–2015	Al-Shorta
2015–	Al-Fateh
International career‡
2008–2016	Iraq
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 March 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2015

Salam Shaker Ali Dad (Arabic: سلام شاكر علي داد , born 31 July 1986) is an Iraqi football player who plays for Al-Fateh SC in Saudi Arabia and for the Iraq national football team. He was part of the Iraqi team that finished 4th in the 2015 AFC Cup. Salam was first called up to the Iraqi B team in the 2007 King's Cup. He played his first international match against Jordan in a friendly on 24 January 2008.

He announced his international retirement after the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Vietnam, on 29 March 2016.

Personal life

He is the son of Iraqi international defender, Shaker Ali, who played for the national team and Al-Talaba club in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Youth Career

Al Karkh

Salam Started his career at Baghdad based club Al-Karkh SC before transferring to Al Shorta SC in 2005

Senior Career

Al Shorta

Shakir started all six of Al-Shorta's 2005 AFC Champions League matches, being subbed off in only one of them.^[1] He was signed by Iraqi Premier League club Al-Talaba in 2005.

Al Talaba

Salam Signed for Al Talaba in 2005 for one season, playing 19 times and scoring one goal.

Erbil

Salam moved to kurdish club Erbil in 2006.He remained there for two seasons where he won 2 league titles.

Al Khor

In 2008 Salam Joined Qatari Club Al Khor, He remained there for over 7 years and played more than a century of matches.

Second stint at Al Shorta

Salam returned briefly to Al Shorta in 2015 and remained for one season where Al Shorta finished 3rd in the league.

Al Fateh

Salam signed for Saudi club Al-Fateh FC in 2015.He made his debut against Khaleej FC on August 20th of that Year.He scored his first goal for the club in a 1-0 victory over Al-Taawoun FC in April of 2016.

International

Shakir represented the former Iraqi Olympic side that won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games at Doha, and he was called into the national B team for the 2007 King's Cup in Thailand. His debut with the senior team came in January 2008, when he played a defensive role in Iraq's 1–1 friendly draw with Jordan.

Shakir made two appearances in Iraq's qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He played the entirety of the 1–1 draw against China before starting again in the 1–0 loss to Qatar.

Shakir later became a frequent starter for Iraq. He would be first choice center back with Ali Rhema. Shaker played in all the 2014 World Cup qualification matches.

On March 29, hours after captaining Iraq to a 1-0 win over Vietnam in the joint AFC and World cup qualification, Salam Shaker announced his retirement from international football, citing his reason to allow younger players the opportunity to represent the Iraqi national team.

International goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 December 2010	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus	Syria	1–0	1–0	International Friendly
2.	19 August 2011	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha	Qatar	1–0	1–0	International Friendly
3.	30 June 2012	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, KSA	Sudan	1–0	1–1	2012 Arab Nations Cup
4.	6 January 2013	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town	Saudi Arabia	1–0	2–0	2013 Gulf Cup of Nations