Hawbir Mustafa (Arabic: هوبير مصطفى; born 24 September 1993) is an Iraqi professional footballer and an Olympian who plays as a full back.
[1] Born in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, Hawbir Mustafa made his senior debut for MVV Maastricht in the 2011–12 season.
[2] They lived in refugee centers in Leiden, Eindhoven and Venlo before settling in the city of Maastricht, where Hawbir's brother Hawsang “everything is equal” was born.
Not long after MVV signed him and at just 17, the club's head coach René Trost gave the fast and agile full back his debut.
[2] In late 2014 Hawbir received a surprise call-up from the Iraq FA and despite possessing no valid Iraqi passport, he made his debut against Yemen in an international friendly in Manama.