Alaa Abdul-Zahra

Alaa Abdul-Zahra
Abdul-Zahra with Al Kharaitiyat in 2011
Personal information
Full name Alaa Abdul-Zahra Khashen Al-Azzawi
Date of birth (1987-12-22) 22 December 1987
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
Al-Minaa
Number 10
Youth career
Al-Karkh
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi
2003–2004 Al-Zawraa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Al-Zawraa 30 (9)
2006–2007 Mes Kerman 11 (4)
2007–2008 Shabab Al-Ordon 2 (1)
2008 Al-Merrikh 18 (11)
2008–2009 Al-Khor 35 (24)
2009–2011 Al Kharaitiyat 42 (16)
2011–2012 Al-Wakrah 10 (4)
2012 Qatar SC 9 (2)
2012–2014 Duhok 47 (26)
2014 Tractor Sazi 5 (0)
2014–2015 Al-Shorta 17 (6)
2015–2017 Al-Zawraa 53 (32)
2017–2020 Al-Shorta 79 (53)
2020–2021 Al-Zawraa 22 (13)
2021–2024 Al-Shorta 71 (19)
2024– Al-Minaa 27 (10)
International career
2004–2006 Iraq U20 8 (9)
2006–2008 Iraq U23 28 (15)
2007–2021 Iraq 126 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 June 2025

Alaa Abdul-Zahra Khashen Al-Azzawi (Arabic: علاء عبدالزهرة خشَن العزاوي , born 22 December 1987), is an Iraqi football player who plays as a forward for Iraq Stars League club Al-Minaa and for the Iraq national team.

He can be deployed as an attacking midfielder or a second striker, and since 2016 plays as a striker. He is the third-most capped player in the history of the Iraqi national team.