Al-Shorta Senior debut Abdulkareem was promoted from the
Al-Shorta youth team to their first team in summer 2018. He made one start and six substitute appearances for the club in their
2018–19 Iraqi Premier League title-winning campaign.
Loans to Al-Karkh In Autumn 2019, Abdulkareem joined
Al-Karkh on loan, before returning to his parent club Al-Shorta for the restarted
2019–20 season in February 2020, making one appearance. Abdulkareem joined Al-Karkh on loan again for the
2020–21 season, where he won
Soccer Star's Young Player of the Season award.
Al-Karkh Abdulkareem joined Al-Karkh on a permanent basis ahead of the
2021–22 season. == International career ==