Mario Shabow

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Mario Shabow
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Shabow with the Western Sydney Wanderers in 2015
Personal information
Full name Mario Shabow
Date of birth (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Western Sydney Wanderers
Number 34
Youth career
Liverpool Olympic
0000 Blacktown City
2015– Western Sydney Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 10 (5)
2015– Western Sydney Wanderers 1 (0)
International career
2015– Australia U20 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 November 2015

Mario Shabow is an Australian professional football player. Born in Iraq, he is of Assyrian ethnicity.[1] He currently plays for Western Sydney Wanderers[2] and the Australia national under-20 soccer team.[3][4]

Football career

As a Western Sydney Wanderers[5][6] youth team player, Shabow was selected to represent the young Socceroos upon being eligible to play for his heritage country of Iraq for the AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers which were held in Laos. In his second appearance for the young socceroos he scored a second half goal which earned them a 2–0 win over Laos.[7]

On 29 November 2015, Shabow made his senior club debut as substitute coming on in the 80th minute for Romeo Castelen away to the Central Coast Mariners.[8][9]

Mario has also represented New South Wales twice at the Futsal National Championships.[10]

On 11 May 2016, Western Sydney Wanderers signed Shabow on a one-year senior contract.[11]

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