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Manaf Younis
Personal information
Younis in 2022
Full name	Manaf Younis Hashim Al-Tekreeti^[1]
Date of birth	(1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 (age 27)^[1]
Place of birth	Tikrit, Iraq
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Al-Shorta
Number	4
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–2018	Salahaddin
2018–2022	Al-Karkh
2020	→ Al-Shorta (loan)
2022–	Al-Shorta	31	(2)
International career^‡
2021–	Iraq	14	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 January 2023

Manaf Younus Hashim Al-Tekreeti (Arabic: مَنَاف يُونُس هَاشِم التِّكرِيْتِيّ; born 16 November 1996) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Iraqi Premier League club Al-Shorta and the Iraq national team.

Club career

In March 2020 Manaf signed for Al-Shorta on loan until the end of the season.^[2]

International career

In November 2021, Younis was called up to Iraq as part of their 2021 FIFA Arab Cup squad. He made his debut in the starting line-up for the national team in their opening match against Oman.^[3] On 19 January 2023, he scored his first international goal in the stoppage time of extra-time in a 3–2 win over Oman in the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup final, to earn his country their first title in the competition since 1988.^[4]