Early career Jaafar started playing football at the
Al-Minaa Academy, and won with Al-Minaa U19 team, the Iraqi Youth Premier League in 2022.
2022–2023: Debut season and Division 1 League win In September 2022, he was promoted to play with the club's first team, and they won the
Iraqi Premier Division League and gained promotion to the
Iraq Stars League. He scored five goals, scoring against
Al-Jolan,
Al-Hussein,
Afak,
Al-Samawa and
Al-Shirqat.
2023–present: Joint-top scorer In August 2023, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed and he played in the starting lineup regularly in the Iraqi Stars League, He was Al-Minaa's top scorer that season, scoring 8 goals, scoring against
Al-Najaf,
Al-Hudood,
Al-Zawraa,
Karbala,
Zakho,
Erbil,
Naft Maysan, and
Dohuk. His rocket goal against Al-Najaf goalkeeper
Sarhang Muhsin was considered a strange phenomenon in the league, as it was the goal of the youngest player in the league (16 years old) against the oldest goalkeeper in the league (37 years old). In August 2024, his contract with Al-Minaa was renewed for an additional season. He did not play much in the
2024–25 season, as the club allowed him to participate in the
AFC U-20 Asian Cup in
China after initially refusing to allow him. However, after the championship ended, he returned to participate in several matches, and on March 7, 2025, he scored the winning goal against
Erbil in the away match. On 2 July 2025, he came on as a substitute and scored a goal against
Diyala, as Al-Minaa won 3–0. ==International career==