Ali Kadhim Nassir Al-Tameemi (), 1 January 1949 – 2 January 2018) was an
Iraqi football
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striker who played for
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...
in the
1972 AFC Asian Cup
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&
1976 AFC Asian Cup
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. He also played for
Al Zawraa. He held Iraq's goal record with 35 goals in his time, until
Hussein Saeed
Hussein Saeed Mohammed (, born 21 January 1958) is an Iraqi former association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward and is a former president of the Iraq Football Association. Saeed is in twelfth place in ...
broke it in 1982. He's the uncle of Iraqi international footballer
Ali Adnan Kadhim.
After a long illness, Kadhim died right after his 69th birthday.
Career statistics
International goals
''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''
References
External links
*https://twitter.com/hassaninmubarak
*https://web.archive.org/web/20120425131808/http://www.palmoon.net/7/topic-4154-8.html
*http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=28582596
1949 births
2018 deaths
Iraqi men's footballers
Iraq men's international footballers
1972 AFC Asian Cup players
1976 AFC Asian Cup players
Olympic footballers for Iraq
Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Al-Shorta SC players
Al-Zawraa SC managers
Men's association football forwards
Footballers at the 1974 Asian Games
Iraqi football managers
Asian Games competitors for Iraq
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