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Ali Hussein Shihab

Ali Hussein Shihab
Personal information
Full name Ali Hussein Shihab
Date of birth (1961-05-05)5 May 1961
Place of birth Iraq
Date of death 26 October 2016(2016-10-26) (aged 55)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1994 Al-Talaba
1994–1995 Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)
1995–2000 Brusk
International career
1981–1989 Iraq[1] 73 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ali Hussein Shihab (5 May 1961 – 26 October 2016) was an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.[2] He also played for Al-Talaba.

Ali Hussein was an industrious player who was a regular in the midfield in the Iraqi national team during the 1980s, alongside one-time Talaba teammates Haris Mohammed, Natiq Hashim and Basil Gorgis.[3]

Ali was part of a Talaba team that included Iraqi internationals Jamal Ali and Hussein Saeed which won three league titles during the 80s. He played in all three games in the 1986 World Cup lining up against Paraguay, Belgium and hosts Mexico.[3] Ali was also part of the team that won the 1982 Asian Games in India, which included Raad Hammoudi, Falah Hassan and Hussein Saeed.[3]

He died on 26 October 2016.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 20 November 1982 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi  Burma 3–0 4–0 1982 Asian Games
2. 25 November 1982  Kuwait 1–2 1–2
3. 3 August 1984 Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis  Yugoslavia 2–0 2–4 1984 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ Iraq - Record International Players
  2. ^ 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico Archived 3 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2003.


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