BASIL GEORGIS HANNA
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Brief
Profile
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Name:
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Basil
Georgis Hanna
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| Date of Birth:
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September
6, 1961
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Club:
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Al-Shabab
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| Position:
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Midfielder
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Played
in Al-Shabab Club in Baghdad all his career as a franchise player.
Was
the only Assyrian player who played on the biggest arena in World Soccer
when he was part of The Iraqi National Soccer Team in World Cup '86 in
Mexico. He played two games and had to miss the third game due to a mistaken
identity in a red card sent off.
He
was one the integral parts parts in the Iraq B team that won the
Pan-Arab games against Morocco in 1985, where he scored the only goal of
the final and led the way to Iraq's Gold Medal against Morocco (1 - 0).
He
helped Iraq in the 1988 Gulf Championship in Saudi Arabia. In that year,
he scored Iraq's goal in a famous 1-1 draw against Syria in the 1988 Arab
Championship Final in Jordan , which went into extra-time with Iraq winning
4-3 on penalties.
In
that memorable year, he also crowned his career with another honour of
being on the Iraqi Olympic team in Seoul in 1988.
His
last major appearance on the national arena was in the Arab Cup in 1989
which Iraq won.
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