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Hamza Qasim

Iraqi footballer

Hamza Qasim
Personal information
Full name	Hamza Qasim
Date of birth	(1933-07-01) 1 July 1933 (age 90)
Place of birth	Basra, Iraq
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Retired
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1952–1954	Al-Maaref team
1954–1964	Al-Minaa
International career
1956–1959	Iraq
Managerial career
1971–1974	Al-Minaa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hamza Qasim (Arabic: حمزة قاسم; born 1933) is a retired Iraqi football goalkeeper, who played with the Iraq national team in the 1957 Pan Arab Games. He also played for Al-Minaa.^[1]

Coaching career

Qasim served as coach for Al-Minaa from 1971 to 1974.^{[citation needed]}

Multi-talent and activities

Qasim was born in Basra, and was a multi-sport athlete. In addition to being an international footballer, he was a basketball player for the Iraq national basketball team. He was also a competitor in athletics (high jump and 110 metres hurdles).^[2]

Qasim founded the first Iraqi Badminton Federation, and founded the first team for badminton in Iraq, establishing men's and women's teams in 1970s.^[2]

Personal life

Qasim is married to Iraqi actress Salima Khudhair and lives with her in Baghdad.^[3] and they had one son, actor Wissam Hamza, who died in an accident in Syria in 2011.^[4]

References

^ History of Iraqi Sports, 1959 (in Arabic)
^ ^a ^b Homood, Haider (13 July 2016). "Hamza Qasim in brief". Al-Minaa Club Home Page.
^ Salima Khudhair with her husband Hamza Qasim
^ "Iraqi artists who died in 2011". elaph.com (in Arabic). December 25, 2011.