Nazad Asaad

Nazad Asaad
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-02-04) 4 February 1988
Place of birth Erbil, Iraq
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Positions
Youth career
IFK Trollhättan
2002–2005 Malmö FF
2005–2007 Udinese
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 ŁKS Łódź 3 (0)
2009–2010 AIF Barrikaden
2010 IF Limhamn Bunkeflo
2013 Kulladals FF
2014 BW 90 IF
2017 GLKS Kamiennik
International career
2003–2004 Sweden U17 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nazad Asaad (born 4 February 1988) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and winger.

Career

Asaad was born in Erbil, Iraq, to a Kurdish family.[2]

He was in the Malmö FF youth academy before joining Italian club Udinese in 2005, where he played for the under-19 team for two seasons.[2]

He signed with Polish side ŁKS Łódź in 2007.[2] In his first season at the club, he played in the youth football league Młoda Ekstraklasa.[2] In his second season he made three Ekstraklasa appearances and seven cup appearances, before deciding to end his professional playing career and become a medical doctor.[2]

In 2009 Asaad was playing for AIF Barrikaden in Division 5, the Swedish seventh tier.[3]

For the 2010 season he moved to IF Limhamn Bunkeflo.[4] He helped LB07 beat Landskrona BoIS in the Svenska Cupen scoring the goal in a 1–0 win.[4]

Personal life

Asaad studied medicine in Wrocław.[2] As of April 2019, he was working in a hospital in Karlskoga, Sweden.[2]

Style of play

A winger, Asaad was known for his speed and dribbling.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Nazad Asaad at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cimoszko, Kuba (15 April 2019). "Nażad Asaad. Od piłkarza do lekarza" [Nażad Asaad. From Footballer to Doctor]. SportoweFakty (in Polish). Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  3. ↑ Cederlund, Christer (18 October 2009). "Nazad Asaad siktar högre" [Nazad Asaad aims higher]. Skånska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 Törner, Ole (21 April 2010). "Nazad Asaad sköt LB07 vidare i cupen mot Bois" [Nazad Asaad shot LB07 into the next round of the cup against Bois]. Skånska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 October 2025.
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