Abid Kadhim (1 January 1942 – 5 January 2005) was an Iraqi football defender who played for the Iraq national football team in the 1972 AFC Asian Cup. He played for Iraq between 1965 and 1974.[1]

Abid Kadhim
Personal information
Full name Abid Kadhim
Date of birth (1942-01-01)1 January 1942
Place of birth Iraq
Date of death 5 January 2005(2005-01-05) (aged 63)
Place of death Baghdad, Iraq
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Al Shorta
International career
1965–1974 Iraq
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kadhim was the captain of the Al Shorta football club.[2] He captained the national team for the first time in a World Cup qualifier [3]

Kadhim died on 5 January 2005.

References edit

  1. ^ "Al Shorta's Greatest Players - Number 1: Abid Kadhim" (PDF). Al Shorta. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ^ Hassanin Mubarak (24 October 2019). "Aliyat Al-Shurta: Iraq's once great Football Club". Asian Game. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Players DataBase: Search Results". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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