Ali Kadhim

Ali Kadhim
Personal information
Full name Ali Kadhim
Date of birth (1949-01-01)1 January 1949
Place of birth Kingdom of Iraq
Date of death 2 January 2018(2018-01-02) (aged 69)
Place of death Baghdad, Iraq
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1975 Al-Naqil
1975–1982 Al-Zawraa
1978Al-Shorta (loan)
International career
1969–1980 Iraq[1] 82 (35)
Managerial career
1991 Al-Zawraa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ali Kadhim Nassir Al-Tameemi (Arabic: علي كاظم ناصر التميمي), 1 January 1949 – 2 January 2018) was an Iraqi football striker who played for Iraq in the 1972 AFC Asian Cup & 1976 AFC Asian Cup. He also played for Al Zawraa. He held Iraq's goal record with 35 goals in his time, until Hussein Saeed broke it in 1982. He's the uncle of Iraqi international footballer Ali Adnan Kadhim.

After a long illness, Kadhim died right after his 69th birthday.[2]

  1. ^ Iraq - Record International Players
  2. ^ "Obituary: Ali Kadhim". 2 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.