Abdul Razzaq Ahmed Basheer ( ar, عبد الرزاق أحمد بشير , born 1 July 1944) is an Iraqi former

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who played for Iraq in the

1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification Qualification for the 1972 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Thailand. Zones * * Withdrew * ** originally qualified as hosts, but withdrew later * *** were allocated to Western zone later * qualified as defending champions Central Zone *All m ...

and

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification 99 teams entered the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for 16 spots in the final tournament. West Germany, as the hosts, and Brazil, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. Th ...

. He also played for

Al-Minaa 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 ...

. Abdul Razzaq is currently working as coach, he has coached several clubs, including

Naft Al-Janoob Naft Al-Basra SC ( ar, نادي نفط البصرة الرياضي, lit=''Basra Oil Sport Club'') is a football club based in Al-Tamimia District, Basra, Iraq, that plays in Iraqi Premier League. History Name changes The club was founded on 27 ...

, Ghaz Al-Janoob and Al-Bahri. Razaq is the older brother of international player and coach

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 Iraq ...

Club career

Razzaq was part of Al-Minaa club and

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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 tournament including the equalizer against Turkey 2–2 and Italy 1–1 as well as an assist, and positive attacking play made him one of the stars of the tournament.

1972 AFC Asian Cup

Abdul Razzaq was called up by national team coach Yuri Illichev to the

. He scored 2 goals in the tournament including the first goal against Jordan in the match which Iraq won 2–0 and against Lebanon in the match which Iraq won 4–1 where Iraq won first place in the group stage to qualify for the

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. Abdul Razzaq was called up by national team coach

Abdelilah Mohammed Hassan Abdellilah Mohammed Hassan (1934 – 30 March 2022) was an Iraq football coach, who managed the Iraq national team on two occasions in 1968 and 1972. Career Born in the northern city of Mosul in 1934, Abdellilah enrolled at the Sports Trainin ...

to the

which Iraq did not achieve a positive outcome.

1972 Palestine Cup

Abdul Razzaq was called up by national team coach Adil Basher to the

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which Iraq won runner-up, Abdul Razzak scored one goal in the tournament against Libya.

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification

Abdul Razzaq was called up by national team coach Gyula Teleki to the

, in the first appearance of Iraq in qualifying, he did not play in the first match against

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, the only match lost by Iraq in the qualifiers, but he participated in the second match, which Iraq defeated New Zealand 2–0, and participated in all four matches.

International goals

;Iraq national football team goals :''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''

Honours

Local

* Iraqi League: 1977–78.

International

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: 1972

References

External links

The player pageAl-Minaa Club: Sailors of south
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