Nashat Akram

Nashat Akram Abid Ali Al-Eissa is an Iraqi playmaker, born on 12 September 1984 in Hillah, nicknamed “the Maestro”. He was a leading figure in the Iraq team that won the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, saw a 2008 move to Manchester City collapse over a work permit, and played for FC Twente in their Dutch title-winning season and for clubs across Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Qatar and China. ^{1 2 3}

Akram came through the youth sides of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Zawraa and began his senior career with Salahaddin and Al-Shorta in Iraq, then played for Al-Nassr and Al-Shabab in Saudi Arabia and Al-Ain in the Emirates, who signed him for a million dollars in 2007. In January 2008 he agreed to join Sven-Göran Eriksson's Manchester City after a trial — Eriksson called him an elegant footballer — but the move collapsed when he was refused a work permit, because Iraq stood outside FIFA's top seventy. ^{1 2 3}

He moved instead to Al-Gharafa in Qatar, then in May 2009 signed for FC Twente; the club won the Dutch league in 2009–10, though injuries limited his part, and he was released in June 2010. Later clubs included Al-Wakrah and Lekhwiya in Qatar, Al-Nasr in Dubai, a return to Al-Shorta, Erbil, and Dalian Yifang in China. For Iraq he was the playmaker of the side that won the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. ^{1 2 3}

Neither the English nor the Arabic article says anything about Akram's religion: there is no statement in either text, no religion category on either article, and Wikidata carries no religion value. With no source naming an affiliation for him at all, his faith is recorded as unknown. ^{1 2 3}