Hamza Qasim
{{short description|Iraqi footballer (born 1933)}}
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| fullname = Hamza Qasim
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|7|1|df=y}}
| currentclub = Retired
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| position = Goalkeeper
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| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1952–1954
| clubs1 = Al-Maaref team
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| years2 = 1954–1964
| clubs2 = Al-Minaa
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| nationalyears1 = 1956–1959
| nationalteam1 = Iraq
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| manageryears1 = 1971–1974 | managerclubs1 = Al-Minaa
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Hamza Qasim ({{langx|ar|حَمْزَة قَاسِم}}; born 1 July 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.[http://niiiis.com/r1959.html History of Iraqi Sports, 1959 (in Arabic)]
Coaching career
Qasim served as coach for Al-Minaa from 1971 to 1974.{{fact|date=May 2021}}
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).{{cite web |url=https://web.facebook.com/alminaaclub1931/posts/557237414461143:0?_rdc=1&_rdr |title=Hamza Qasim in brief|first=Haider|last=Homood|publisher=Al-Minaa Club Home Page|date=13 July 2016|accessdate=}}
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.
Personal life
Qasim is married to Iraqi actress Salima Khudhair and lives with her in Baghdad.[https://web.facebook.com/jelaltaibin/photos/pb.240001752828999.-2207520000.1479311467./767455336750302/?type=3&theater Salima Khudhair with her husband Hamza Qasim] and they had one son, actor Wissam Hamza, who died in an accident in Syria in 2011.{{cite web|title=Iraqi artists who died in 2011|url=http://elaph.com/Web/arts/2011/12/704956.html|website=elaph.com|language=Arabic|date=December 25, 2011|last=|first=}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.facebook.com/alminaaclub1931/photos/pb.222951107889777.-2207520000.1468535254./557237294461155/?type=3&theater Al-Minaa club honors Hamza Qasim]
- [https://www.facebook.com/Alminaa.football.team Al-Minaa Club: Sailors of south]
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Category:Footballers from Basra
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Iraqi men's footballers
Category:Iraq men's international footballers
Category:Iraqi men's basketball players
Category:Iraqi football managers
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