Shaker Ismail

Shaker Ismail (Arabic: شاكر إسماعيل‎ , born 1927) is an Iraqi former international football player, who was one of the first players to play in first Iraq national football team, he also played for Al-Minaa.[1] [2] [3]

Shaker Ismail
Personal information
Full name Shaker Ismail
Date of birth (1927-07-01) July 1, 1927
Place of birth Basra, Iraq
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Al-Mina'a
National team
1951 Iraq
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

International career

Shaker played against Iraq in April 1951 in a friendly match between Iraq national football team,and Basra Select XI. [1] The Basra XI was composed of 10 players from Al-Minaa and Shaker Ismail from Sharikat Naft Al-Basra. [1] Two of Basra’s players Shaker Ismail and Karim Allawi caught the eye of the coach Dhia Habib and were added to the squad bound for Turkey with the two other players from the city nicknamed the Venice of the Middle East.[4]

In April 1951, Ismail started playing for the first Iraq national football team, He was called by coach Dhia Habib to play in the first international friendly in the history of Iraqi football.[1] [4] On 6 May 1951, Shaker played his first international against Turkey B in Turkey, which ended 7–0 for Turkey B. [1] [5]

Honours

Club

References
  1. Mubarak, Hassanin. "International Results 1951-1959". Iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on 2006-06-16.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. Mubarak, Hassanin (September 3, 2013). "THREE LIONS: THE BIRTH OF ASOOD AL-RAFIDAIN". iraqsport.wordpress.com.
  3. Homaidi, Karim Allawi. "Basra in the memory of its people" (PDF). Basra Heritage Center in The Holy Abbasid Shrine; Basra 2016.
  4. Mubarak, Hassanin. "Three Lions: The birth of the Lions of Mesopotamia". Ahdaaf.me.
  5. Mahmoud, Shokri (June 3, 2009). "The first match for Iraq national team in 1951". kooora.com (in Arabic).
  6. Mubarak, Hassanin. "Iraq 1948/49". RSSSF.
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