Noor Sabri

Noor Sabri

Noor Sabri (upper left) with Al-Kadhimiya in the 2000-01 season
Personal information
Full name	Noor Sabri Abbas Hassan Al-Bairawi
Date of birth	(1984-06-18) 18 June 1984 (age 32)
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Al-Minaa
Number	22
Youth career
1998−1999	Al-Shorta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999−2000	Al-Kadhimiya		(0)
2000−2003	Al-Zawra'a		(0)
2003−2004	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	4	(0)
2004−2006	Al-Talaba		(0)
2006−2007	Mes Kerman		(0)
2007−2008	Duhok		(0)
2008−2009	Al-Talaba		(0)
2009−2010	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya		(0)
2010−2011	Zakho		(0)
2011−2012	Najaf		(0)
2012−2013	Al-Naft	18	(0)
2013−2014	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2014−2016	Naft Al-Wasat
2016	Al-Shorta	1	(0)
2017−	Al-Minaa	0	(0)
National team‡
2002−2016	Iraq	99	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 March 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 March 2015.

Noor Sabri Abbas Hasan Al-Bairawi (Arabic: نور صبري عباس حسن البيراوي‎‎), simply known as Noor Sabri (born 18 June 1984 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi football goalkeeper. He is currently playing for Al-Minaa in Iraq.

Noor Sabri was the outstanding goalkeeper at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, conceding just two goals throughout Iraq's title-winning campaign. This record was unmatched by any of the keepers from the other 15 participating sides. Like the majority of the current Iraqi squad, 25-year-old Sabri belongs to the country's golden generation that was nurtured by Adnan Hamad. He broke on to the Asian scene in the AFC Youth Championship 2000, when he warmed the bench until the final game against Japan. Despite serving as the replacement for the suspended first choice Ahmed Ali Jaber, Sabri earned praise for keeping Iraq in contention before Emad Mohammed scored the title-winning goal.

He was quickly back on the sidelines as the team played in the subsequent 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina, where they failed to progress beyond the group stage. However, although he served as a back-up to Jaber with the national youth team, Sabri proved a fast learner at the club level and went from strength to strength with Iraqi first division side Al-Zawraa. His improvement impressed German coach Bernd Stange so much that the youngster was called into the team that eventually booked a surprise berth to the 2004 Summer Olympics. He started in all six of Iraq's games during their campaign and performed admirably as Iraq stormed into the last four. He won the Damascus International Championship in 2005 with Al-Talaba when they defeated Al-Zawraa 5–4 on penalties in the final with Noor saving two penalties and scoring one himself in the shootout. Like many of his team-mates on the Olympic squad, Sabri graduated to the country's senior team. He went on to make the No. 1 jersey his own in the ensuing years and was part of the side that earned Iraq's maiden continental title in 2007.