Brwa Hekmat Nouri (; born 23 January 1987) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Swedish Division 1 club AFC Malmö.
Club career Nouri was born in Urmia, Iran to Kurdish parents and moved with his family to Sweden as a child. He started his football career at Vasalund before joining AIK at the age of 13. He won the JSM final with AIK and where he scored in the final against Västra Frölunda.
He made his A-team debut in AIK on 7 October 2005, against Falkenberg in the Superettan. In 2006 he was with AIK's A-team but was loaned to Åtvidaberg. He returned to AIK after the season but then he was loaned out again, this time to Väsby United in 2007. In total, Nouri played three league matches in the Superettan, a match in the Svenska cupen and 16 training matches for AIK.
Prior to the 2009 season, Nouri signed for Dalkurd. In November 2011, he extended his contract with the club for two years.
Östersunds FK In 2014, Brwa Nouri signed for Östersund, a team playing in the Superettan, the 2nd tier of Swedish football. He played his first game in the league against Ljungskile on 6 April 2014. Nouri quickly established himself as a vital part of the squad, and was the vice-captain of the club. Östersund finished the season in 5th place. In the next season, they finished second in the league table, and were promoted to the Allsvenskan. In their first season in the Allsvenskan, Brwa Nouri captained the team to an 8th-place finish and a historic Svenska Cupen victory, which saw them qualify to the Europa League qualifiers the following season.
ÖFK improved on their result the following season, finishing 5th in the Swedish league. ÖFK made headlines all around the world as they qualified to the group stages after defeating giants Galatasaray, where Brwa Nouri scored, Fola Esch, and PAOK, where Nouri also scored. ÖFK were drawn in group J alongside Athletic Bilbao, Hertha BSC, and Zorya Luhansk. ÖFK finished second in the group, level on points with Bilbao. Nouri became the first Iraqi to score in the Europa League when he scored the winner against Hertha Berlin. ÖFK were knocked out by Arsenal in the round of 32.
International career Nouri was born in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq to an Iraqi-Kurdish family. He was raised in Sweden and played for their youth national teams, but switched to the Iraq national team for World Cup Qualifiers in October 2016. Nouri made his formal debut for Iraq in a 0–0 friendly tie with Jordan. He played in Iraq for the first time ever on 5 October 2017, where he scored his first goal for Iraq.
Career statistics
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsÅtvidaberg (loan)2006Superettan510020—71Väsby United (loan)2007Division 12220000—2222008Superettan800000—80Total302000000302Gröndal (loan)2008Division 11020000—102Dalkurd2009Division 22090000—2092010Division 126101000—27102011Division 12450000—2452012Division 12460000—2462013Division 12272000—247Total1163730000011937Östersund2014Superettan2724000—3122015Superettan2740000—2742016Allsvenskan2743000—3042017Allsvenskan26600143—4092018Allsvenskan1420000—112Total1211870143—13921Bali United2018Liga 11300000001302019Liga 12705000303502020Liga 130005000802021–22Liga 13010030203512022–23Liga 12800000203002023–24Liga 12000000020Total10315080701231Dalkurd2023Ettan Fotboll7010——80Career total379611602237043664
International Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nouri goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Brwa NouriNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 5 October 2017 Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq 1–0 2–1 Friendly
Honours Östersunds FK Svenska Cupen: 2016–17
Bali United Liga 1: 2019, 2021–22
Individual Liga 1 Team of the Season: 2021–22
See also List of Iraq international footballers
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