Mohammed Hameed Farhan

The goalkeeper comes from the Albu Soudah area in the western province of Al-Anbar, Iraq. He first started on the dusty grounds of the Thilth or third playground in his home town playing for the shaabiya team Al-Karma under the coach and school headmaster Mohammed Khalaf Salim before he made his name with Iraqi league club Al-Ramadi and then moving onto the city of Baghdad to play for Al-Kahrabaa in 2009 when he was 16 years of age. He signed for Al-Kahrabaa in 2009 and remained for two seasons until he left in 2011 towards Al-Shorta, where he first earned a call up to the Iraqi national team. Farhan won the league with Al-Shorta before moving to Zakho. Mohammed was the country's number one keeper in 2014. The ex-Iraqi youth captain was regarded as one of Iraq's best keepers but had to rebuild his career after goalkeeping mistakes against Saudi Arabia during the 2015 Asian Cup qualifying campaign and a calamitous error in an AFC Cup tie in the West Bank saw him dropped by the Iraqi FA and released by Al-Shorta! Farhan signed for Zakho on July 15, 2015. He played the first half of the 2015/16 season with Zakho. He was one of 18 players signed by Zakho at the start of 2015–2016 season, with his contracted ratified by the Iraqi FA on August 24, 2015 however after just two months and 26 days later, he left the Duhok-based club by mutual consent after wanting to move to Al-Talaba in the winter transfer window. However, because of contractual issues, the keeper was unable to…

He made his unofficial international debut in a training game against Malaysia in Ajman in 2013. On 8 October 2013 Farhan made his full international debut against Lebanon national football team in Saida Municipal Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon. He was substituted-in replacing Noor Sabri in the 46th minute. The match ended 1–1. Following the 2016 Olympic games, Farhan reunited with Olympic coach Abdul Ghani Shahad and signed for Naft Al-Wasat ahead of the 2016/17 season. He only stayed for half a season before being on the move once again. There have been persistent rumours behind the scenes that the Iraqi coach had only selected players for the final Olympic squad based on agreeing to sign for Naft Al-Wasat where Abdul Ghani Shahad would manage the following season, with Mohammed Hamed one of those players.

Clubs

Al-Shorta Iraqi Premier League: 2012–13, 2018–19 Iraqi Super Cup: 2019 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq FA Cup: 2022–23

International

Iraq Youth AFC U-19 Championship runner-up: 2012 FIFA U-20 World Cup fourth-place: 2013 Iraq Arab Nations Cup bronze medallist: 2012 WAFF Championship runner-up: 2012 Arabian Gulf Cup runner-up: 2013 AFC Asian Cup fourth-place: 2015