Rebin Sulaka

Rebin Gharib Sulaka Adhamat (ريبين غريب سولاقا عظمت; born 12 April 1992) is a Swedish-Assyrian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for FC Seoul and the Iraq national team.

Sulaka started playing football in Eskilstuna City FK, where he as a 15-year-old made his debut in the first team.

In 2002, at the age of 10, Sulaka moved to Sweden with his family.

Buriram United

After the 2012 season, he did not renew the contract with the club.

For the 2013 season he signed for Dalkurd FF.

In January 2014 he signed a three-year contract with Ljungskile SK.

In February 2015 wrote Sulaka on for Syrianska FC.

In August 2015, he was loaned out to AFC United.

On 12 June 2015, Rebin played his first game for the Iraq national team against Japan in Yokohama, the match ended in a 4–0 defeat.

Sulaka signed for Norwegian club Elverum for the 2016 season.

After a successful season that ended in promotion to the second tier, he extended his contract for the 2017 season.

He left the club mid-season and moved to Qatar.

On 9 July 2017, Sulaka signed for Qatari club Al-Markhiya.

He made his debut on 16 September, playing the full 90 minutes in a shock victory against giants Al-Sadd.

He was picked in the team of the week for his performance.

Rebin was present in the final rounds of Iraq's 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign, in which Iraq failed to qualify to the final tournament.

Recently arrived at Radnički Niš, coach Milorad Kosanović expressed to the club management Sulaka to be his main desire to reinforce the defense, so the Serbian club signed him on August 30, 2019, a day before the closing of the transfer-window in Serbia and most of Europe.

In January 2021 Sulaka signed a six-month deal with Levski Sofia.

In the spring of 2021 he left the club, which was experiencing financial troubles.

On 21st February 2024, Sulaka joined FC Seoul of South Korean K League 1.

In 2019, he was chosen in the Iraqi squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

On 20 February 2022, Rebin announced his retirement from international football for personal reasons.

He announced a reversal of his retirement on 16 August 2023.

In December 2023, he was named in the Iraqi squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.

Sulaka was born in the suburb of Ankawa in Erbil, Iraq into an ethnic Assyrian family.