Zain Al-Abidin Jassim
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zainulabdeen Al-Rubaye[2] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 2008 | ||
| Place of birth | Basra, Iraq | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Minaa | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2025 | Al-Minaa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024 | Naft Al-Basra | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | Al-Minaa | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Iraq U15 | 4 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | Iraq U16 | 2 | (3) |
| 2024–2025 | Iraq U17 | 6 | (5) |
| 2025– | Iraq U20 | 2 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 September 2025 | |||
Zain Al-Abidin Jassim (Arabic: زين العابدين جاسم; born 5 August 2008), also known as Zainulabdeen Al-Rubaye, is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Iraq Stars League side Al-Minaa.
Club career
Jassim began playing football at Al-Minaa Academy. After shining in the 2023 WAFF U-15 Championship, where he won the top scorer award, rival club Naft Al-Basra signed him on a three-year contract,[3] although he was still a Al-Minaa' player and his contract had not yet expired. This caused a crisis between the two clubs, affecting the player as he was unable to play for either club. He remained suspended.[4]
After the crisis ended, and In 19 May 2025, he made his debut for the first team of Al-Minaa in the Iraq Stars League, coming on as a substitute for Karrar Jaafar in a match against Karbala and providing an assist for Alaa Abdul Zahra.[5][6] After that, he played to Al-Minaa Academy and won the 2024–25 Iraqi U19 Premier League title with them, scoring the winning goal in the final against Zakho.[7]
International career
Jassim was first picked to represent Iraq in 2023, when the under-15 coach Ahmed Kadhim selected him to be a part of his 23-man squad to play in 2023 WAFF U-15 Championship. He did not score in his first match against Yemen, but he scored a brace in the second match against Lebanon,[8][9] and one goal in the third match against Oman. The team qualified for the semi-finals,[10] and played against Saudi Arabia, and Jassim scoring a goal in a match that the team lost 2–1,[11][12] but he won the title of top scorer of the tournament, scoring four goals.[13]
He also played in the 2024 WAFF U-16 Championship, scoring a brace in the first match against Lebanon[14] and one in the second match against Jordan.[15] However, the team was deemed to have lost both matches due to the ineligibility of a player.[16] He also played in the 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification, scoring a brace in the first match against Chinese Taipei.[17] He was also selected to be part of the 24-man Iraq U20 squad to play in the AGCFF U-20 Gulf Cup. He did not participate in the first match against Bahrain, but he played in the starting lineup in the second match against Egypt on 1 September 2025, and scored a goal after just three minutes to help the team win and qualify for the semi-finals.[18] He was again named in the under-17 team for the AGCFF U-17 Gulf Cup,[19][20] and on 23 September 2025, he scored a brace against Bahrain in a 2–0 win.[21][22] Then on 26 September, he scored a goal against Saudi Arabia to lead his team to the semi-finals.[23]
Honours
Individual
- WAFF U-15 Championship Top Goalscorer: 2023 (4 goals)[13]
References
- ^ Zain Al-Abidin Jassim at 365scores
- ^ a b Zain Al-Abidin Jassim at Soccerway
- ^ رستم يرحل عن أربيل.. ونفط البصرة يخطف هداف الناشئين (in Arabic). kooora.com. 28 January 2024.
- ^ صراع اداري يحرم لاعب منتخب الناشئين من اللعب في دوري المحترفين (in Arabic). footballgallery.net. 24 April 2024.
- ^ تشكيلة مباراة الميناء وكربلاء - الدوري العراقي (in Arabic). ysscores.com. 19 May 2025.
- ^ الميناء يعود للواجهة بثلاثية أمام كربلاء ويبتعد عن مناطق الخطر (in Arabic). ysscores.com. 19 May 2025.
- ^ الميناء يتوج بطلاً لدوري الشباب (in Arabic). almaalomah.me. 26 June 2025.
- ^ "منتخب العراق يهزم نظيره اللبناني في غرب آسيا للناشئين". shafaq.com (in Arabic). 13 December 2023.
- ^ "The Yemeni team is the first to qualify for the semi-finals of the tenth junior championship". agcff.com. 14 December 2023. Archived from the original on 9 September 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ^ "العراق يتعادل مع عمان ويبلغ نصف نهائي غرب اسيا للناشئين". nrttv.com (in Arabic). 15 December 2023.
- ^ "منتخب الناشئين يخسر أمام نظيره السعودي في بطولة غرب آسيا". ina.iq (in Arabic). 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Iraqi juniors fail to reach the final after losing to Saudi Arabia". alsharqiya.com. 19 December 2023. Archived from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ^ a b "تعرف الى الجوائز الفردية في اتحاد غرب آسيا للناشئين". elsport.com (in Arabic). 21 December 2023.
- ^ "منتخب الناشئين يتعادل مع لبنان بهدفين في غرب آسيا". alzawraapaper.com (in Arabic). 4 September 2024.
- ^ "منتخب الناشئين إلى نصف نهائي بطولة غرب آسيا". altaakhi.net (in Arabic). 7 September 2024.
- ^ ""انضباط غرب آسيا" تؤكّد عدم أهليّة الناشئ "أحمد علي"". foowz.com (in Arabic). 8 September 2024.
- ^ "ناشئة العراق يسحقون "الصين تايبيه" بخماسية نظيفة في أولى جولات تصفيات آسيا". bwar.news (in Arabic). 23 October 2024.
- ^ "العراق يفوز على مصر ويتأهل لنصف نهائي بطولة كأس الخليج للشباب". aldaaenews.com (in Arabic). 11 September 2025.
- ^ "انضمام 9 لاعبين من منتخب الشباب لفريق الناشئين المشارك في كأس الخليج". shafaq.com (in Arabic). 23 September 2025.
- ^ "مدرب منتخب ناشئة العراق يكشف عن تشكيلته للقاء البحرين". shafaq.com (in Arabic). 23 September 2025.
- ^ "المنتخب العراقي يهزم البحرين في ثاني مبارياته". agcff.com (in Arabic). 24 September 2025. Archived from the original on 8 October 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "منتخب الناشئين يتغلب على البحرين بثنائية في كأس الخليج". al-aalem.com (in Arabic). 24 September 2025.
- ^ "منتخب الناشئين يتأهل إلى نصف نهائي كأس الخليج بعد الفوز على السعودية". mawazin.net (in Arabic). 26 September 2025.
External links
- Zainulabdeen Al Rubaye at Soccerway
- Zainulabdeen Rubaye at BeSoccer