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Nashat Akram

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Nashat Akram Abid Ali Al-Eissa (Arabic: نَشَأَت أَكْرَم عَبْد عَلِيّ الْعِيسَى; born 12 September 1984) is an Iraqi former professional footballer. Popularly dubbed "The Maestro", he usually played as a playmaker or as an attacking midfielder and was known for his exceptional vision and excellent passing ability, as well as his ability to score goals from long range. Akram was Iraq's most promising young prospect in the early 2000s, and became an integral part of the Iraq national team as he helped them win the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, winning the man of the match award in the final and being voted for the Team of the Tournament as well as finishing in third place in the AFC Footballer of the Year award in 2007. At Iraqi club level, he won the Iraqi Premier League title and three Baghdad Championship titles with Al-Shorta. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Nashat Akram is the 11,371st most popular soccer player (down from 8,160th in 2024), the 364th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 355th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Iraqi Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nashat Akram ranks 11,371 out of 21,273. Before him are Alex Pearce, Jerry Bengtson, Eray Cömert, Tomáš Koubek, José Rodríguez Martínez, and Xaver Schlager. After him are Júlio César Rocha Costa, Kanga Akalé, Ivelin Popov, Jesús María Lacruz, Lorenzo De Silvestri, and Davide Gualtieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Nashat Akram ranks 685. Before him are Issey Nakajima-Farran, Siobhán Donaghy, Abdoulay Konko, Marcelo Nascimento da Costa, Janne Happonen, and Max Scherzer. After him are Annekatrin Thiele, Alex Rasmussen, Mark Madsen, Zhu Zhu, Weronika Rosati, and Morteza Pashaei.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Nashat Akram ranks 364 out of 384. Before him are Ali Adnan Kadhim (1993), Basil Gorgis (1961), Jim Al-Khalili (1962), Zainab Salbi (1969), Abir Al-Sahlani (1976), and Aymen Hussein (1996). After him are Bashar Warda (1969), Noor Sabri (1984), Bassim Abbas (1982), Emad Mohammed (1982), Murder of Du'a Khalil Aswad (null), and Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (1982).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Iraq

Among soccer players born in Iraq, Nashat Akram ranks 12. Before him are Samir Shaker (1958), Nadhim Shaker (1958), Ali Hussein Shihab (1961), Ali Adnan Kadhim (1993), Basil Gorgis (1961), and Aymen Hussein (1996). After him are Noor Sabri (1984), Bassim Abbas (1982), Emad Mohammed (1982), Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (1982), Alaa Abdul-Zahra (1987), and Jalal Hassan (1991).

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