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 International Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nouri goal. 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 References External links 1987 births People from Sulaymaniyah Living people Association football midfielders Gröndals IK players AIK Fotboll players Dalkurd FF players Östersunds FK players Iraqi footballers Iraq international footballers Swedish footballers Sweden youth international footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Iraqi expatriate footballers Swedish people of Iraqi descent Swedish people of Kurdish descent Kurdish sportspeople Allsvenskan players Superettan players Ettan Fotboll players Division 2 (Swedish football) players Bali United F.C. players Zakho FC players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Iraqi Premier League players Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate footballers in Indonesia