Hamza Qasim ( ar, حمزة قاسم ; born 1933) is a retired Iraqi

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, who played with the Iraq national team in the

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. 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 ...

Coaching career

Qasim served as coach for Al-Minaa from 1971 to 1974.

Multi-talent and activities

Qasim was born in

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 hand ...

, and was a multi-sport athlete. In addition to being an international footballer, he was a

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player for the Iraq national basketball team. He was also a competitor in

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(

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and

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). Qasim founded the first Iraqi Badminton Federation, and founded the first team for

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in Iraq, establishing men's and women's teams in 1970s.

Personal life

Qasim is married to Iraqi actress Salima Khudhair and lives with her in

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 ...

. and they had one son, actor Wissam Hamza, who died in an accident in Syria in 2011.

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Al-Minaa club honors Hamza QasimAl-Minaa Club: Sailors of south
Living people 1933 births Sportspeople from Basra People from Basra Men's association football goalkeepers Iraqi footballers Iraq men's international footballers Iraqi men's basketball players

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