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My Take
They called Nashat Akram The Maestro, and reading about his vision and long-range passing, I get why playmakers from smaller footballing nations rarely get the global spotlight they deserve. Coming out of Hillah in Iraq and becoming the creative heart of his national team during a turbulent era strikes me as no small thing. At 186 cm he wasn't the typical nimble number ten, yet his game was built on reading the field rather than pure athleticism. I always find those cerebral midfielders the most rewarding to watch, and Akram sounds like exactly that kind of player whose influence outweighed the headlines.
Overview
Nashat Akram Abid Ali Al-Eissa (Arabic: نَشَأَت أَكْرَم عَبْد عَلِيّ الْعِيسَى; born 12 September 1984) is an Iraqi former professional footballer. Popularly dubbed "The Maestro", he usually played as a playmaker or as an attacking midfielder and was known for his exceptional vision and excellent passing ability, as well as his ability to score goals from long range.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nashat Akram
- Name (Japanese)
- ナシャト・アクラム
- Reading
- なしゃと・あくらむ
- Born
- September 12, 1984 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rat
- Origin
- Hillah, Babylon Governorate, Iraq
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 186 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.