Y*ir Raad Mohammed (Arabic: ياسر رعد محمد) (born 25 June 1983 in Iraq) is an Iraqi defender who plays for Sulaymaniya FC.

The left-side Al-Zawraa player is capable of playing in defence, as well as midfield. Y*ir has been one of the Iraqi league's top defenders for the past four years, having played for Al-Defaa Al-Jawiya (now Al-Istiqlal), Al-Shorta, Al-Zawraa and now Arbil FC. He was first selected for the Olympic team by Wathik Naji in October, 2002. The former Iraqi national coach picked a squad of twenty-four players from a list of 217 players; A month later, German coach Bernd Stange took over the team and Y*ir made his international debut for Iraq in the 2-2 draw with Bahrain in Doha. At the end of the war, Y*ir played at the 2003 Arab Club Championship in Cairo, where he played against Kuwait SC, Al-Jaish and Zamalek, which would be one of his last appearances for the Police Club before he moved to Al-Zawraa. He was recalled by coach Adnan Hamad and played a part in the side’s 5-1 demolition of Al-Nasr at the Emir Abdullah Al-Faisal Cup in Abha, the team reached went all the way to the final where they beat Morocco 1-0. He was used sparely by coach Hamad making only two appearances in the Qualifiers for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, as well as giving him a starting place in the friendly against South Korea in Seoul in April.

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Country

• 2005 West Asian Games Gold medallist.

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