Mahdi Abdul-Sahib (born 28 July 1956) is an Iraqi former

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who played as a

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. He represented the Iraq national team at the

1978 Asian Games The 8th Asian Games () were held from 9 to 20 December 1978, in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally, the host city was Singapore but Singapore dropped its plan to host the Games due to financial problems. Then Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, was de ...

and

1982 Asian Games The 9th Asian Games ( hi, 1982 एशियाई खेल) were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of ...

. Mahdi played for Iraq between 1978 and 1981.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Abdul-Sahib goal.''

References

Living people 1956 births Iraqi footballers Association football forwards Iraq international footballers Footballers at the 1978 Asian Games Footballers at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Iraq {{Iraq-footy-forward-stub