Nazad Asaad


Nazad Asaad is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and winger.

Career

Asaad was born in Erbil, Iraq, to a Kurdish family.
He was in the Malmö FF youth academy before joining Italian club Udinese in 2005, where he played for the under-19 team for two seasons.
He signed with Polish side ŁKS Łódź in 2007. In his first season at the club, he played in the youth football league Młoda Ekstraklasa. In his second season he made three Ekstraklasa appearances and seven cup appearances, before deciding to end his professional playing career and become a medical doctor.
In 2009 Asaad was playing for AIF Barrikaden in Division 5, the Swedish seventh tier.
For the 2010 season he moved to IF Limhamn Bunkeflo. He helped LB07 beat Landskrona BoIS in the Svenska Cupen scoring the goal in a 1–0 win.

Personal life

Asaad studied medicine in Wrocław. As of April 2019, he was working in a hospital in Karlskoga, Sweden.

Style of play

A winger, Asaad was known for his speed and dribbling.