Ali Kadhim Nassir Al-Tameemi ( ar, علي كاظم ناصر التميمي), 1 January 1949 – 2 January 2018) was an Iraqi

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striker who played for

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

in the

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. He also played for

Al Zawraa Al-Zawraa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الزوراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team compete in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Football ...

. He held Iraq's goal record with 35 goals in his time, until

Hussein Saeed Hussein Saeed Mohammed ( ar, حسين سعيد محمد, born 21 January 1958) is an Iraqi former association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward for the Iraqi Premier League club Al-Talaba SC, Al-Talaba ...

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.com/f.aspx?t=28582596 1949 births 2018 deaths Iraqi footballers Iraq international footballers 1972 AFC Asian Cup players 1976 AFC Asian Cup players Olympic footballers of Iraq Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Al-Shorta SC players Al-Zawraa SC managers Association football forwards Footballers at the 1974 Asian Games Iraqi football managers Asian Games competitors for Iraq {{Iraq-footy-bio-stub