Ghanim Oraibi Jassim Al-Roubai (; born 16 August 1961) is an Iraqi

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defender 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

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. He also played for Al-Shabab.

Career

Oraibi played as left-back, from 1979 ti 1982 fir

Al-Amana Amanat Baghdad Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional football team based in Karkh District, Baghdad, that competes in the Iraqi Premier Division League, the second tier of Iraqi football. Formed in 1957 as Amanat Al-Asima (), the team merged ...

, for seven years by Al-Shabab and for his 2nd time with

International

He played in all of Iraq’s 1986 World Cup games in Mexico. Against

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he stamped on

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but the referee sent off

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by mistake. In 1977 at the age of 16, he joined the Amana youth team playing alongside

Natiq Hashim Natiq Hashim Abid-Aoun (15 January 1960 – 26 September 2004) was an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. Natiq started his career at Amana youth team in Baghdad along ...

and Karim Allawi. Ghanim was first called up by coach Vojo Gardesevic for the 1982 World Cup qualifiers, but was given his first start by Jorge Vieira in the 3-2 win over UAE in 1985.

Personal life

Oraibi's son Zulfikar died in a car bomb attack in

Karrada Karrada district ( ''Karrāda'') is a large district in the city of Baghdad, Iraq. An upper-class district, it is divided into western ( Karkh) and eastern side ( Rusafa) by the Tigris, known as Karrada Maryam and Eastern Karrada respectively. ...

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on 3 July 2016.

References

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