Rebin Sulaka
.jpg) Sulaka with FC Seoul in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rebin Gharib Sulaka Adhamat[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Ankawa, Erbil, Iraq[1] | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Port | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Eskilstuna City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Eskilstuna City | 53 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | Dalkurd | 21 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Ljungskile SK | 20 | (0) |
| 2015 | Syrianska | 9 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Eskilstuna (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Elverum | 35 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Al-Markhiya | 22 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Al-Khor | 14 | (1) |
| 2019 | Al-Shahania | 7 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Radnički Niš | 13 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Arda Kardzhali | 12 | (0) |
| 2021 | Levski Sofia | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Buriram United | 71 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Brommapojkarna | 4 | (0) |
| 2024 | FC Seoul | 3 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Schaffhausen | 8 | (1) |
| 2025 | Erbil SC | 9 | (0) |
| 2025– | Port | 28 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2026 | Iraq | 58 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2024 | |||
Rebin Gharib Sulaka Adhamat (Kurdish: ڕێبین سولاقا, romanized: Řêbîn Sûlaqa, Arabic: ريبين غريب سولاقا عظمت; born 12 April 1992) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Thai League 1 club Port and the Iraq national team.
Club career
[edit]Sulaka started playing football in Eskilstuna City, where he as a 15-year-old made his debut in the first team. After the 2012 season, he did not renew the contract with the club. For the 2013 season he signed for Dalkurd FF. In January 2014 he signed a three-year contract with Ljungskile SK. In February 2015 wrote Sulaka on for Syrianska.[3] In August 2015, he was loaned out to AFC United.
Elverum
[edit]Sulaka signed for Norwegian club Elverum for the 2016 season.[4] After a successful season that ended in promotion to the second tier, he extended his contract for the 2017 season.[5] He left the club mid-season and moved to Qatar.
Al-Markhiya
[edit]On 9 July 2017, Sulaka signed for Qatari club Al-Markhiya.[6] He made his debut on 16 September, playing the full 90 minutes in a shock victory against giants Al-Sadd.[7] He was picked in the team of the week for his performance.[8]
Radnički Niš
[edit]Recently arrived at Radnički Niš, coach Milorad Kosanović expressed to the club management Sulaka to be his main desire to reinforce the defense, so the Serbian club signed him on 30 August 2019, a day before the closing of the transfer-window in Serbia and most of Europe.[9]
Levski Sofia
[edit]In January 2021 Sulaka signed a six-month deal with Levski Sofia.[10] In the spring of 2021 he left the club, which was experiencing financial troubles.[11]
Buriram United
[edit]On 6 August 2021, Sulaka signed with Thai League 1 club Buriram United. He make his debut for the club on 4 September 2021 in a goalless draw against Suphanburi. Sulaka went on to helped his club win the domestic treble in his first season.
On 19 January 2022, Sulaka scored his first goal for the club in the 2021–22 Thai FA Cup round of 16 fixture against Chiangrai United in a 4–1 win. He then went on to win another domestic treble with the club in his second season.
Brommapojkarna
[edit]On 7 July 2023, Sulaka signed with Brommapojkarna in Sweden.
FC Seoul
[edit]On 21 February 2024, Sulaka joined FC Seoul of South Korean K League 1.[12] He played in three matches during the season before coming to a mutual agreement with the club to terminate the contract in June.[13]
Schaffhausen
[edit]On 9 September 2024, Sulaka signed with Schaffhausen in Switzerland.[14]
Port
[edit]On 20 July 2025, Sulaka signed with Thai League 1 club Port. He make his debut on 17 August in a 3–1 win over Ayutthaya United. He ended the season with the club helping them to win the 2025 Piala Presiden and 2025–26 Thai League Cup.
International career
[edit]On 12 June 2015, Sulaka played his first game for the Iraq national team against Japan in Yokohama where the match ended in a 4–0 defeat.[15] Rebin was present in the final rounds of Iraq's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, in which Iraq failed to qualify to the final tournament. In 2019, he was chosen in the Iraqi squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.[16]
On 20 February 2022, Sulaka announced his retirement from international football for personal reasons.[17] However, he announced a reversal of his retirement on 16 August 2023.[18] In December 2023, Sulaka was named in the Iraqi squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar where he scored his first international goal against Vietnam on 24 January 2024.[19]
Sulaka was then selected in Iraq squad in the 2026 FIFA World Cup where he would go on to play against France in the second group stage match. In the last group stage match, Sulaka was in the starting lined up against Senegal, however in the 13th minute, he was sent off with a red card after pulling Sadio Mané down.[20] Sulaka announced his retirement from the national team right after the tournament concluded.
Personal life
[edit]Sulaka was born in the suburb of Ankawa in Erbil, Iraq into an ethnic Assyrian Christian family. In 2002, at the age of 10, Sulaka moved to Sweden with his family.[21]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 26 March 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 38 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sulaka goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 24 January 2024 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar |  Vietnam | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Buriram United
Port
International
[edit]Iraq
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Rebin Sulaka". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ↑ "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Iraq" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ↑ "KLART: Rebin Sulaka till Syrianska FC (Swedish Language)". Fotbolltransfer.com.
- ↑ "Seier over Nybergsund og midtstopper signert !". Kcweb.no.
- ↑ "Sulaka og Tervaniemi klar for 2017". Elverumfotbaa.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ↑ "Rebin Sulaka has been in Qatar for one day and he's already dominating the newspapers". Twitter.com.
- ↑ "السد يستهل مسيرته في دوري النجوم بالخسارة من المرخية". Beinsports.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ↑ "QSL TOTW1".
- ↑ Radnički doveo reprezentativca Iraka at Sportski žurnal, 30 August 2019 (in Serbian)
- ↑ "Левски потвърди: "Сините" подписаха със Сулака". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). 12 January 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ↑ "Ребин Сулака разтрогва с Левски за неизплатени заплати". Topsport.bg (in Bulgarian). 21 April 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ↑ [오피셜] 서울, '아시안컵 종횡무진' 이라크 센터백 술라카 품었다... "수호신 위해 최선 다할 것". starnewskorea (in Korean). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ↑ Choi, Byeong-jin (27 June 2024). [오피셜] FC서울, '이라크 국대 DF 술라카'와 계약 해지...반시즌 만에 작별. Mydaily (in Korean). Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ↑ "Irakischer Nationalspieler zum FCS" [Iraqi international joins FCS] (in German). FC Schaffhausen. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ↑ "Getting to know Rebin Sulaka". Socceriraq.net. 20 June 2017.
- ↑ "Every AFC Asian Cup 2019 Squad Revealed - Final 23-man lists". Goal.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ↑ "Rebin Sulaka announces retirement" (in Arabic).
- ↑ "Rebin Sulaka reverses retirement".
- ↑ "شاهد: بطريقةٍ جديدةٍ.. مدربُ المنتخب الوطنيّ كاساس يعلنُ القائمةَ النهائية لكأسِ آسيا 2023 والمُؤلفة من 26 لاعباً" [Watch: National team coach Casas announces the final list for the 2023 Asian Cup, consisting of 26 players]. Twitter (in Arabic). Iraq Football Association. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ↑ Mediacorp Sports (26 June 2026). RED CARD! Iraq's Sulaka dismissed for denying Sadio Mané goal scoring chance | FIFA World Cup 2026™. Retrieved 27 July 2026 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Lee, David (11 June 2026). "World Cup 2026: 5 players from Asean leagues to look out for". The Straits Times. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
External links
[edit]- Rebin Sulaka at Soccerway
- Rebin Sulaka at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- Rebin Sulaka – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean and English)
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Assyrian footballers
- Iraqi men's footballers
- Iraq men's international footballers
- People from Erbil
- Iraqi emigrants to Sweden
- Men's association football central defenders
- Chaldean Catholics
- Dalkurd FF players
- Ljungskile SK players
- Syrianska FC players
- AFC Eskilstuna players
- Eskilstuna City FK players
- Elverum Fotball players
- Al-Markhiya SC players
- Al-Khor SC players
- Al Shahaniya SC players
- FK Radnički Niš players
- FC Arda Kardzhali players
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- Buriram United F.C. players
- FC Seoul players
- FC Schaffhausen players
- Qatar Stars League players
- Allsvenskan players
- K League 1 players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Thai League 1 players
- 2019 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2023 AFC Asian Cup players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand
- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- 2026 FIFA World Cup players
- IF Brommapojkarna players
- Challenge League (Switzerland) players