Younis Mahmoud
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IraqCounted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Younis Mahmoud Khalaf is an Iraqi former professional footballer who played as a forward for the Iraq national team and is currently the president of the Iraq Football Association. One of the country's greatest ever players, Mahmoud captained the team for ten consecutive years and became an icon of Asian football. He also played for a number of clubs in the Iraqi Premier League, the UAE Arabian Gulf League, the Qatar Stars League and the Saudi Pro League, and is the only foreign player to have won three top scorer awards in Qatar. — Wikipedia
identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-08-27
In the line-ups
14 appearances in recorded line-ups · 2007–2015The archive holds 14 team sheets naming Younis Mahmoud in Iraq's starting line-up, from 2007-07-07 to 2015-01-26.
14 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
International goals in our archive
28 goals across 20 scoring matches · 4 tournaments · 2003–2015| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-17 |  Taiwan | W2–0(a) | 85' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Kaohsiung |
| 2015-10-08 |  Vietnam | D1–1(a) | 90' (pen) | FIFA World Cup qualification | Hanoi |
| 2015-09-08 |  Thailand | D2–2(a) | 49' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Bangkok |
| 2015-09-03 | Taiwan | W5–1(n) | 88' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Tehran |
| 2015-01-23 |  Iran | D3–3(n) | 93' | AFC Asian Cup | Canberra |
| 2015-01-20 |  Palestine | W2–0(n) | 48' | AFC Asian Cup | Canberra |
| 2012-06-12 |  Oman | D1–1(n) | 37' (pen) | FIFA World Cup qualification | Doha |
| 2012-02-29 |  Singapore | W7–1(n) | 11' 61' 90'hat-trick | FIFA World Cup qualification | Doha |
| 2011-11-11 |  China | W1–0(n) | 90' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Doha |
| 2011-10-11 | China | W1–0(a) | 45' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Shenzhen |
| 2011-09-06 | Singapore | W2–0(a) | 86' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Singapore |
| 2011-01-11 | Iran | L1–2(n) | 13' | AFC Asian Cup | Al Rayyan |
| 2009-01-04 |  Bahrain | L1–3(n) | 81' (pen) | Gulf Cup | Muscat |
| 2007-07-29 |  Saudi Arabia | W1–0(n) | 72' | AFC Asian Cup | Jakarta |
| 2007-07-21 | Vietnam | W2–0(n) | 2' 65' | AFC Asian Cup | Bangkok |
| 2007-07-07 | Thailand | D1–1(a) | 32' | AFC Asian Cup | Bangkok |
| 2004-09-08 | Taiwan | W4–1(a) | 86' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Taipei |
| 2004-07-26 | Saudi Arabia | W2–1(n) | 86' | AFC Asian Cup | Chengdu |
| 2003-10-20 |  Malaysia | W5–1(n) | 36' 45' 63'hat-trick | AFC Asian Cup qualification | Riffa |
| 2003-10-08 | Bahrain | W5–1(n) | 5' 47' 69' 83'hat-trick | AFC Asian Cup qualification | Kuala Lumpur |
Honours
20 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours20 | ||||
| Iraqi Premier League | ×1 | 2001–02 | Al-Talaba | |
| Qatar Stars League | ×4 | 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13 | Al-Gharafa ·3, Al-Sadd ·1 | |
| Qatar Crown Prince Cup | ×3 | 2005, 2010, 2011 | Al-Khor ·1, Al-Gharafa ·2 | |
| Iraq FA Cup | ×2 | 2001–02, 2002–03 | Al-Talaba | |
| Qatari Stars Cup | ×2 | 2009, 2011–12 | Al-Gharafa ·1, Al-Wakrah ·1 | |
| Sheikh Jassim Cup | ×2 | 2007, 2008 | Al-Gharafa ·1, Al-Arabi ·1 | |
| AFC Asian Cup | ×1 | 2007 | Iraq | |
| Emir of Qatar Cup | ×1 | 2009 | Al-Gharafa | |
| Iraqi First Division League | ×1 | 2000–01 | Kirkuk | |
| Iraqi Super Cup | ×1 | 2002 | Al-Talaba | |
| WAFF Championship | ×1 | 2002 | Iraq | |
| West Asian Games | ×1 | 2005 | Iraq | |
| Individual honours9 | ||||
| Scoring titles · 4 | ||||
| Qatar Stars League top scorer | ×3 | 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11 | ||
| AFC Asian Cup top scorer | 2007 | |||
| Player of the year · 3 | ||||
| AFC Asian Cup most valuable player | 2007 | |||
| Asian Footballer of the Year nominee (2nd place) | 2007 | |||
| Ballon d'Or nominee (29th place) | 2007 | |||
| More honours · 2 | ||||
| Premio internazionale Giacinto Facchetti | 2007 | |||
| Soccer Iraq Team of the Decade | 2010–2019 | |||