Nazar Abdul Zahra Khalaf ( ar, نزار عبد الزهرة خلف) (1 July 1961 – 15 May 2006), nicknamed (

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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 ...

), was an Iraqi footballer who played

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. He spent the majority of his career with Al-Minaa club.

Playing for Al-Mina'a

Nazar began playing in the People's Al-Ashar difference in the area, and after that he saw the coach

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chosen to play at the club in 1980, has remained plays for his team even retired from playing in 1993.

Coaching Exercise

NAzar after he retired, he began to exercise training as an assistant coach, accompanied coach

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, where they were technical staff to Al-Mina'a U-16, and have achieved good results.

Administrative work

With the change that took place after the

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and the overthrow of Saddam in 2003, a number of ancient players of

team met and decided to restore the team to its normal position to be among the top clubs in the Iraqi Premier League, Nazar was one of those, where he became the administrative supervisor of the team, and during that period the team won the runner-up in the league, and qualified to play in

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The Assassination

On Monday, 15 May 2006, Nazar was out of the

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after the team's training, in 15:00 GMT, which is preparing to travel with your team to

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, where taking place match

Al-Mina'a 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 ...

against Al-Hilal within the

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, and was assassinated by unidentified gunmen riding in a white

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car, within suspicious campaign to kill sportsmen in

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Sporting events in honor of the late player

ِOn 15 May 2007 Al-Minaa Club commemorated the death of the player to establish a friendly match between the pioneer players of the club. and on 3 March 2013 the Martyr Al-Hakim Foundation for youth and sport and in collaboration with The youth and sport province of

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 ...

established sports championship football on behalf of the players: Nazar Abdul Zahra and

Ali Al-Diwan Ali Ahmad Al-Diwan ( ar, علي أحمد الديوان ) (1 July 1968 – 18 June 2006), was an Iraqi international footballer who played midfielder, spent the majority of his career with Al-Minaa club. He is son of former international multi- ...

, the first match was among the pioneers of

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

team led by Falah Hassan and pioneers of

team led by

, where 36 teams participated in this tournament.

References

External links

Al-Minaa Club: Sailors of south
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdul Zahra, Nazar 1961 births 2006 deaths Association football forwards Iraqi footballers Sportspeople from Basra Al-Mina'a SC players