[5] From a young age, the childhood Al-Zawraa supporter and son of a tribal Sheikh would spend his free time on the concrete pitches in his local neighbourhood kicking a ball with friends.

[6] Abdul-Raheem had trials with a local club Khutout under Ismail Saleem however he was overlooked and instead started in the Al-Karkh youth system and had a season at Al-Shabab in the second division after he returned from living in Syria to escape the instability of the Iraqi capital – after losing his uncle and brother Mohammed to the violence in Baghdad.

[6] Abdul-Raheem began his youth career at his native Al Karkh FC in 2006 and graduated to the first team in 2009.

He suffered an Injury and failed to adjust to life in Algeria due to the death of teammate Albert Ebossé Bodjongo.

[9] In an interview with Soccer Iraq, the player stated that he decided to cut his time short with the Algerian club due to the incident.

[23] On 18 January 2013 he played alongside Younis Mahmoud in the Arabian Gulf Cup finale against UAE.

[26] Abdulraheem is a physically strong and aggressive lone striker with good skills, tactical intelligence, and confidence in going at opponents with numerical superiority.

[6] In 2011 his name changed from Muhanned Abdulrahman to Mohannad Abdul-Raheem as noted by his page on Kooora's English website Goalzz.com.