Assyrian Sports
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BASIL
GEORGIS
HANNA
Brief Profile
Name: Basil Georgis Hanna
Date of Birth: September 6, 1961
Club: Al-Shabab
Position: Midfielder

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.

 
Basil Georgis (No. 14), Natik Hashem and Khadum Mutasher in the Final World Cup Qualification round match (3rd round) in 1985. Iraq won the 2nd leg 3-1 to qualify in Damascus.
No. 14 became a popular number among Assyrian young players who challenged to wear the number in Iraq and Outside Iraq.
 
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