Career
He was an ethnic Assyrian and Christian. Aram was a striker capable of having the ball in the back of the Netto within a blink of an eye. After playing for various teams in the district of Hinaidi in Baghdad from 1936 in his youth, he joined Arsenal Sports Club Habbaniya in 1943 and later played for the Civilian Cantonment and founded Royal Air Force Levy Civilian of Habbaniya.
In 1951, Aram was one of 16 players to be selected to play for Iraq’s first ever national team
He missed Iraq’s first international game against Turkey in Izmir on 6 May, which ended 7-0 to the hosts, but competed in the second game six days later against Ankara Select. Aram proved to be a valuable player on the day as he scored Iraq’s first goal and ended the game with a hat-trick but was unable to prevent a 7-5 defeat.
The next year, he joined newly formed club Sharakat Nafat First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Iraq in Kirkuk. Aram was not only the captain of the team but also the head coach.
In 1960 Aram retired and became head of sports at the club while also helping the Iraqi national team
Mikhael K. Pius.
