Oday Talib ( ar, عدي طالب) (born 1 July 1981 in

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 ...

) is an

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. He currently plays for Naft Al-Basra.

Career

Talib began his career with Al-Shorta in 2002 before earning a move the following season to

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. I ...

-based team Al-Zawraa. After spending three years there, Talib went on to play for Al-Minaa before being signed by his current club, Duhok, an Iraqi-Kurdish outfit based in Dohuk. Talib served as back-up to goalkeeper

Noor Sabri Noor Sabri Abbas Hasan Al-Baidawi ( ar, نور صبري عباس حسن البيداوي), simply known as Noor Sabri (born 6 June 1984 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi professional goalkeeper. He plays for Samarra in the Iraqi Premier League. He ...

throughout Iraq's run to the semi-finals of the Men's Olympic Football Tournament at Athens 2004.

Honours

Country

* 4th place in

2004 Athens Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

* 2005 West Asian Games Gold medallist.

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* 1981 births Living people Iraq international footballers Olympic footballers of Iraq 2004 AFC Asian Cup players Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup players Association football goalkeepers Iraqi footballers Al-Zawraa SC players Al-Mina'a SC players Duhok SC players Al-Shorta SC players {{Iraq-footy-bio-stub