Abdul Razzaq Ahmed

Abdul Razzaq Ahmed Basheer (Arabic: عبد الرزاق أحمد بشير‎ , born 1 July 1940) is an Iraqi former football forward who played for Iraq in the 1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification and 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification.[1] He also played for Al-Minaa.

Abdul Razzaq Ahmed
Personal information
Full name Abdul Razzaq Ahmed Basheer
Date of birth (1940-07-01) 1 July 1940
Place of birth Basra, Iraq
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1979 Al-Minaa
National team
1971–1972 Iraq U23 3 (0)
1970–1974 Iraq 19 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Abdul Razzaq is currently working as coach, he has coached several clubs, including Al-Minaa, Naft Al-Janoob, Ghaz Al-Janoob and Al-Bahri.[2]

Razaq is the older brother of international player and coach Hadi Ahmed.

Club career

Razzaq was part of Al-Minaa club and captain when the team won the Iraqi league title for the first time in its history in 1977–78 season.

International career

On October 26, 1970, Abdul Razzaq made his first international cap and goal with Iraq national football team against Yugoslav Club RNK Split at Sarajevo in a friendly match.[3]

1972 World Military Cup

Abdul Razzaq was instrumental in Iraq winning the 1972 World Military Cup title for the first time in his history. He scored 2 goals in the tournament including the equalizer against Turkey 2–2 and Italy 1–1 as well as an assist, and positive attacking play made him one of the stars of the tournament.[4]

1972 AFC Asian Cup

Abdul Razzaq was called up by national team coach Yuri Illichev to the 1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification. He scored 2 goals in the tournament including the first goal against Jordan in the match which Iraq won 2–0 and against Lebanon in the match which Iraq won 4–1 where Iraq won first place in the group stage to qualify for the 1972 AFC Asian Cup. Abdul Razzaq was called up by national team coach Abdelilah Mohammed Hassan to the 1972 AFC Asian Cup which Iraq did not achieve a positive outcome.[4]

1972 Palestine Cup

Abdul Razzaq was called up by national team coach Adil Basher to the 1972 Palestine Cup of Nations which Iraq won runner-up, Abdul Razzak scored one goal in the tournament against Libya.[4]

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification

Abdul Razzaq was called up by national team coach Gyula Teleki to the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification, in the first appearance of Iraq in qualifying, he did not play in the first match against Australia, the only match lost by Iraq in the qualifiers, but he participated in the second match, which Iraq defeated New Zealand 2–0, and participated in all four matches.[5]

International goals
Iraq national football team goals
Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 December 1971Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Jordan1–02–01972 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.25 December 1971Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Lebanon4–14–11972 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3.5 January 1972Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq Libya3–03–01972 Palestine Cup of Nations

Honours

Local

International

References
  1. Profile of Abdul Razzaq Ahmed (in Arabic)
  2. Abdul Razzaq Ahmed is a coach (in Arabic)
  3. "The history of Iraqi football (1970)". niiiis.com (in Arabic). August 3, 2009.
  4. "The history of Iraqi football (1972)". niiiis.com (in Arabic). August 24, 2009.
  5. "The history of Iraqi football (1973)". niiiis.com (in Arabic). August 30, 2009.
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