Mohammed Mirza Retires from Handball
Mohammed Mirza has retired from handball, ending a big-stage career that took the Bahrain great to six World Championships, the Tokyo Olympics and two Asian club crowns with Al Najma.
The former international, one of the best-known line players in Bahraini handball, called time on his playing career after years with the national side and leading clubs at home, along with spells abroad.
Mirza said wearing the Bahrain shirt had been a source of pride and responsibility throughout his career, and that the years he spent representing his country would remain among his strongest memories from the game.
He was part of the Bahrain side that reached the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the kingdom’s first appearance in an Olympic team sport. Bahrain went on to make the quarter-finals and finish eighth.
Mirza also played at six World Championships, with his final appearance coming in 2025, after years as a key figure in the national team.
His club career began with Al Tadhamun, formerly Karzakan, before he joined Al Ahli in 2008. He later spent much of his playing life with Al Najma before returning to Al Ahli in 2025.
At Al Najma, Mirza won the Asian Club Championship twice, in 2017 and 2023. He captained the side to the 2023 crown in Isfahan.
He also picked up personal honours, including the Asian Handball Federation’s best line player award in 2019 and the same award at the Gulf Clubs Championship in 2023.
Mirza had a spell with Saudi side Al Khaleej during the 2022 IHF Super Globe.
His career was tested by a bad injury in October 2023, when he suffered three broken ribs in Bahrain’s Asian Olympic qualifier against Qatar. He later received treatment in Germany before returning to the court.
His retirement brings down the curtain on one of the most decorated Bahraini handball careers of the modern era, built on six World Championships, an Olympic quarter-final and major club titles across Asia.
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