Mahdi Jassim (born 4 March 1956) is an Iraqi former football

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

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 the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

at the

1977 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship was the inaugural staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, hosted by Tunisia from 27 June to 10 July 1977, in three venues — Tunis, Sousse and Sfax. The 28 matches played were the smallest number in t ...

and

1985 Pan Arab Games The 6th Pan Arab Games were held in Rabat, Morocco between August 8 and August 16, 1985. 3442 athletes from 17 countries participated in events in 18 sports. Sports Medals won by country P Pan Arab Games Sport in Rabat Pan Arab Gam ...

. Mahdi played for the national team between 1980 and 1986.

Career statistics

International goals

''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''

References

Iraqi men's footballers Iraq men's international footballers Living people Men's association football midfielders 1956 births {{Iraq-footy-midfielder-stub