Safaa Hadi

Youth career

Safaa Hadi started in the youth system of the prestigious Ammo Baba School in Baghdad which has seen many of its graduates represent the Iraqi national team. Later, he joined Amanat Baghdad's youth team.

Amanat Baghdad / Al-Minaa

He was promoted to Amanat Baghdad the first team in 2015, representing the first team in the Iraqi Premier League in the 2015/2016 season. He scored his first league goal for Amanat Baghdad on 29 February 2016 against Al-Najaf. In June 2016, he moved to Al-Minaa where he spent the following season.

Al-Zawraa

In January 2017, Safaa signed for Iraqi giants Al-Zawraa, the most successful Iraqi club in history, where he would remain for the next two and a half seasons and establish himself as a star for the team as well as cementing himself as a first-choice midfielder for the Iraqi national team. He won the Iraqi FA Cup in his first season with the club before winning the Iraqi Super Cup a few months later. Al-Zawraa went on to dominate the Iraqi Premier League in 2017–18 with Hadi being a key player for the team, eventually winning the 2017–2018 Iraqi Premier League title. In 2018–2019 Safaa played in the AFC Champions League for the first time in his career as Al-Zawraa came third in their group behind Iranian club Zob Ahan and Saudi club Al-Nassr. He won the Iraqi FA Cup for the second time in his career at the end of that season, scoring the winning goal in the final which was his last game for the…

Youth teams

Safaa first represented his country in 2014 when he was called up to the Iraq Under-17s. Over the following four years, he went on to play for the Iraq Under-20s and the Iraq Under-23s.

Senior team

On 8 May 2018, Hadi was called up to the senior national team for the first time and made his international debut against Palestine. He has since made 26 caps for the national team, including playing in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and was part of Iraq's 2019 AFC Asian Cup squad. Goals for Iraq

Safaa is usually deployed as a defensive midfielder.

Safaa was born in Baghdad in 1998 and comes from Sadr City. His younger brother, Maitham Hadi, is also a professional footballer. Hadi was sponsored by Puma during his time in Russia.