Samir Shaker Mahmoud (born 28 February 1958) is an Iraqi former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as defender. He represented the Iraq national team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Al-Rasheed Club.

Career

Samir Shaker was one of the best central defenders during the 1980s. He started his career with Al-Jaish before moving to Salah-Al-Deen of Tikrit, who he captained the club to their first Iraqi league in 1983. After the title win, Samir and fellow team-mate Anad Abid joined the star-studded Baghdad-based club Al-Rasheed helping the club to 4 league titles, 2 cups and a record 3 Arab Championships. In 1986, in the Arab Club Championship in Tunisia, Samir scored the solitary goal over Esperance of Tunisia helping Al Rasheed to win their second Arab title. Shaker played for

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in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. In a game against

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Shaker spat at the referee. He received a one-year suspension never played for his country again. In 1987, along with teammate

Karim Allawi Karim Mohammed Allawi (born 1 April 1960) is an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national tea ...

, Shaker joined Bangladeshi club

Abahani Krira Chakra Abahani Limited Dhaka ( bn, ঢাকা আবাহনী লিমিটেড), also referred as Dhaka Abahani or Abahani Limited, is a Bangladeshi professional football club based in the Dhanmondi area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club curr ...

. He spent a year at the club, and failed to win the league title during his short stay. He is one of the most successful coaches to manage the Bangladesh national team having led Bangladesh to the runners-up trophy in the SAFF Football Championships and to the 1999 SAF Games title in Nepal, he also coached his former club

and, then went onto to coach rival club Mohammedan Sporting Club of Bangladesh.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaker, Samir Living people 1958 births Sportspeople from Baghdad Iraqi footballers Iraq international footballers Association football defenders Al-Rasheed players 1986 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers of Iraq Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Abahani Limited (Dhaka) players Bangladesh national football team managers Expatriate footballers in Bangladesh Expatriate football managers in Bangladesh