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Alaa Ahmed
Alaa Ahmed ( ar, علاء أحمد; born May 25, 1952) is an Iraqi former footballer. He played as a midfielder and spent the majority of his career with Al-Minaa club. Early years Alaa started his career with Tarbiyat Al Basra team side in his birthplace of Basra, under the close supervision of international referee Sami Naji in 1952 and played football in school teams before he represented Al Basra team in 1971, at the age of 19, and then the Al Moshah team (one of the premier's league teams then). After two seasons he went back to his hometown where he started playing for Al-Inaa which he continued with until his retirement. International debut and Sport history His international journey began in 1973 with Iraq national under-20 football team, which consisted of great players from the national team participating in the Palestine Cup of Nations which was held in Libya, and he played his debut match against United Arab Emirates where on which time the Iraqi team won 3–1. ...
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Basra
Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is handled at the port of Umm Qasr. However, there is ongoing constuction of Grand Faw Port on the coast of Basra, which is considered a national project for Iraq and will become one of the largest ports in the world and the largest in the Middle East, in addition, the port will strengthen Iraq’s geopolitical position in the region and the world. Furthermore, Iraq is planning to establish large naval base in the Al-Faw peninsula, Faw peninsula. Historically, the city is one of the ports from which the fictional Sinbad the Sailor journeyed. The city was built in 636 and has played an important role in Islamic Golden Age. Basra is consistently one of the hottest cities in Iraq, with summer temperatures regularly exceeding . In April 2017, the ...
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Pestabola Merdeka
Merdeka Tournament or Pestabola Merdeka is a friendly football tournament held in Malaysia to commemorate the Independence Day. The competition bears the Malay word for independence. As of 2022, it has been held 40 times, and decreasingly in recent decades. Matches in Merdeka tournament considered International "A" matches (Friendly match) by FIFA. Its final has been mainly held at Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. An unusual feature is it has four times seen a draw result, twice with the home nation and teams from South Korea, and twice with the latter and variously Taiwan and Myanmar (then predominantly called Burma). Teams from all continents apart from North America have been the runners up or champions. History The Pestabola Merdeka is Asia`s oldest football tournament which invited football playing nations to compete since 1957. The Merdeka tournament also was once called the ‘Mini Asia Cup’ around the 1960s to 1980s, which was founded by the former AFC President ...
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Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When th ...
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World Military Cup
The World Military Cup is a football competition for national military teams. It is organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The tournament has been held since 1946 and was originally called the World Military Championship. The name changed for the 2001 edition. When the multi-sport Military World Games was set up in 1995, the football championship was incorporated into it, but it is still being held independently every two years. A women's tournament, World Military Women's Championship, was started in 2001. History The first championship took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1946 under the responsibility of the Armed Forces Sports Council, which in 1948 became the International Military Sports Council (CISM). Great Britain won the first title and Czechoslovakia was the runner-up. In 1995, was created the first Military World Games where football competition take place in this games. Format Since 2013, the world championship is divided in 2 different ...
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Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. In 762 CE, Baghdad was chosen as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, and became its most notable major development project. Within a short time, the city evolved into a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual center of the Muslim world. This, in addition to housing several key academic institutions, including the House of Wisdom, as well as a multiethnic and multi-religious environment, garnered it a worldwide reputation as the "Center of Learning". Baghdad was the largest city in the world for much of the Abbasid era during the Islamic Golden Age, peaking at a population of more than a million. The city was largely destroyed at the hands of the Mongol Empire in 1258, resulting in a decline that would linger through many c ...
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Abdul Razzak Ahmed
Abdul Razzaq Ahmed Basheer ( ar, عبد الرزاق أحمد بشير , born 1 July 1944) is an Iraqi former football forward who played for Iraq in the 1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification and 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification. He also played for Al-Minaa. Abdul Razzaq is currently working as coach, he has coached several clubs, including Al-Minaa, Naft Al-Janoob, Ghaz Al-Janoob and Al-Bahri. Razaq is the older brother of international player and coach Hadi Ahmed. Club career Razzaq was part of Al-Minaa club and captain when the team won the Iraqi league title for the first time in its history in 1977–78 season. International career On October 26, 1970, Abdul Razzaq made his first international cap and goal with Iraq national football team against Yugoslav Club RNK Split at Sarajevo in a friendly match. 1972 World Military Cup Abdul Razzaq was instrumental in Iraq winning the 1972 World Military Cup title for the first time in his history. He scored 2 goals in the tour ...
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Hadi Ahmed
Hadi Ahmed Basheer ( ar, هادي أحمد بشير; born November 1, 1951) is an Iraqi association football, football coach and former player. He played as a midfielder and spent the majority of his career with Al-Minaa club. He was capped Iraqi League title for Al-Mina'a in 1977–78 Iraqi League, 1978, and appeared at the World Military Cup 1977, He played matches in Pestabola Merdeka 1977 in Malaysia. Hadi play in the 1980 Summer Olympics, Moscow Olympics in 1980, where his goal was the debut Iraqi goal in Olympic competition, against Costa Rica national football team, Costa Rica; sports fans called him: the (Maestro of Iraqi football). He played in 5th Arabian Gulf Cup in 1979 and scored two goals, the first goal against United Arab Emirates national football team, Emirates, and the second against Kuwait national football team, Kuwait, and won the best player title of the tournament. He took part in the three seasons of the tournament (4th Arabian Gulf Cup, 1976, 5th Arabian ...
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Jalil Hanoon
Jalil Hanoon Motar Al-Asadi ( ar, جليل حنّون مطر الأسدي; born 1952) is an Iraqi former footballer who is the president of Al-Minaa club. Sport history Jalil Hanoon played as a forward and spent the majority of his career with Al-Minaa club, He was capped Iraqi League title for Al-Minaa, winning the title of the top scorer 1978, and appeared at the World Military Cup 1977, and scored a goal in Nigeria's nets. He also played matches in Pestabola Merdeka 1977 in Malaysia. Hanoon was highly regarded throughout his the top scorer of the particular model, has scored during him sports-old 271 goals at the level of local matches and 7 goals in 37 international matches. and sports fans were calls him: ( Keegan of Iraq). Hanoon is the only scorer for Al-Minaa club in the Iraqi league so far, when he scored 11 goals in the 1977-78 season. He is the only player in the league who scored a hat-trick in the nets of two mass clubs (Al-Tayaran & Al-Zawraa) in the 1983-84 se ...
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Rahim Karim Bdaiwi
Rahim Karim ( ar, رحيم كريم , born 2 February 1952) is a coach and former international Iraqi football player, who played for Al-Minaa. Honors Local ;Al-Mina'a Al-Minaa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الميناء الرياضي, lit=Port Sports Club) is an Iraqi multi-sport club based in Al-Maqal, Basra that participates in the Iraq Division One, the second tier of Iraqi football. It is one of the mo ... * 1978 Iraqi League: Champion International ; Iraq * 1977 World Military Cup: Champion References External links Iraqi national team players databaseBoard members of Al-Minaa Club in 2009 Al-Minaa Club: Sailors of south
1952 births Liv ...
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Ali Kadhim
Ali Kadhim Nassir Al-Tameemi ( ar, علي كاظم ناصر التميمي), 1 January 1949 – 2 January 2018) was an Iraqi football striker who played for Iraq in the 1972 AFC Asian Cup & 1976 AFC Asian Cup. He also played for Al Zawraa. He held Iraq's goal record with 35 goals in his time, until Hussein Saeed broke it in 1982. He's the uncle of Iraqi international footballer Ali Adnan Kadhim Ali Adnan Kadhim Al-Tameemi ( ar, علي عدنان كاظم التميمي; born 19 December 1993) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Russian club Rubin Kazan and the Iraq national team. Adnan has played at the .... After a long illness, Kadhim died right after his 69th birthday. Career statistics International goals ''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.'' References External links *https://twitter.com/hassaninmubarak *https://web.archive.org/web/20120425131808/http://www.palmoon.net/7/topic-4154-8.html *http://forum.kooora.c ...
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Douglas Aziz
Douglas Aziz Shamasha Eshaya (; born 1 January 1942) is an Iraqi former football player and caretaker coach. He represented the Iraq national team, and is ethnically Assyrian. Club career He was a pillar for club and country during the late 1960s and through the 1970s. He made his league debut in 1964 and spent 15 inspiring seasons with Aliyat Al-Shorta in the Iraq Central FA League and Al-Shorta in the Iraqi Premier League, where he was a key figure in the side along with Abid Kadhim, Majeed Ali, Latif Shandal and Riyadh Nouri. He became the first outfield player in the Iraqi League to play as a goalkeeper when he was forced to go in goal for the final few minutes of a 5-2 win over Al-Tijara after an injury to Raad Hammoudi. International career After making his international debut in 1967, Douglas quickly became a key influence as the midfield general in the heart of the Iraqi team. With the national team, he played in the 1974 World Cup qualifiers in Australia, where Ir ...
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