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Zakho signs Iraqi league's record $4.2 million transfer
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Zakho signs Iraqi league's record $4.2 million transfer
Zakho FC has signed Uzbek striker Shirzod Temirov for approximately $4.2 million, the highest transfer fee in Iraqi football league history, the club president announced on Wednesday.
- Club president Jiya Amin Osman said the three-season contract with Temirov is worth 5.5 billion Iraqi dinars (about $4.2 million), the largest deal for a player in Iraqi league history.
- Temirov, 27, transferred from Erbil FC to join Zakho as the club's attacking force for the next three seasons.
- Temirov scored 28 goals last season, winning the Iraqi league's top scorer title, eight goals ahead of second-placed striker Alaeddine al-Dali.
- Italy coach Fabio Cannavaro excluded Temirov from the Uzbekistan national team roster for the 2026 World Cup currently held in North America.
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