Alaa Kadhim Jabur Al-Kinani (Arabic: عَلَاء كَاظِم جَبْر الْكِنَانِيّ; born 1 July 1970) is an Iraqi football striker who played for both the Iraq[1] and Talaba SC, where he was also the club president.
[2] Alaa was one of the best Iraqi strikers during the 90s during Iraq’s 1994 World Cup qualifying campaign.
During the games, Alaa scored 7 goals, including the winner in the 2-1 win over Iran.
After his exploits for the national team during the qualifiers in Doha, he was offered a contract by Qatari club Al-Taawon (now Al-Khor) to play for them.
He made a few appearances for Iraq during the disastrous 1998 World Cup qualifiers losing both games to Kazakhstan, after helping Iraq win the 1997 Nehru Cup in India.