Karim Allawi Homaidi

{{about|the footballer from Basra|the footballer from Baghdad|Karim Allawi}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Karim Allawi

| image = File:Karim Allawi 79.jpg

| caption = Karim Allawi in 1970s.

| full_name = Abdul Karim Ali Homaidi

| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|7|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Basra, Iraq

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|7|22|1928|7|1|df=yes}}

| death_place = Basra, Iraq

| height =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1942–1945 | youthclubs1 = Thanawiyat Al-Basra

| years1 = 1945–1960 | clubs1 = Al-Mina'a | caps1 = | goals1 =

| nationalyears1 = 1951 | nationalteam1 = Iraq| nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =

}}

Karim Allawi Homaidi ({{langx|ar|كريم علاوي حميدي}}, 1 July 1928 – 22 July 2023) was an Iraqi footballer who played as a forward. He was one of the first players to play in the Iraq national team and also played for Al-Minaa.{{cite web|title=International Results 1951-1959|url=http://www.iraqsport.com/blog/?page_id=25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616235423/http://www.iraqsport.com/blog/?page_id=25|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2006|website=Iraqsport.com|language=English|last=Mubarak|first=Hassanin}}{{cite web|title=The first match for Iraq national team in 1951|url=http://forum.kooora.com/?t=17402055|website=kooora.com|language=Arabic|date=3 June 2009|last=Mahmoud|first=Shokri}}{{cite web|url=http://mk.iq/medea/files/pdf/1486195866.pdf|title=Basra in the memory of its people|publisher=Basra Heritage Center in The Holy Abbasid Shrine; Basra 2016|last=Homaidi|first=Karim Allawi|date=}}

International career

In April 1951, Allawi started playing for the first Iraq national team, He was called by coach Dhia Habib to play in the first international friendly in the history of Iraqi football. On 6 May 1951, Allawi played his first international against Turkey B in Turkey, which ended 7–0 for Turkey B. Karim Allawi played in the inside left position and wore the No.10 jersey against the Turks.{{cite web|title=THREE LIONS: THE BIRTH OF ASOOD AL-RAFIDAIN|url=https://iraqsport.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/three-lions-the-birth-of-asood-al-rafidain/|website=iraqsport.wordpress.com|language=|date=3 September 2013|last=Mubarak|first=Hassanin}}{{cite web|title=Three Lions: The birth of the Lions of Mesopotamia|url=https://ahdaaf.me/2016/05/07/three-lions-the-birth-of-the-lions-of-mesopotamia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051405/https://ahdaaf.me/2016/05/07/three-lions-the-birth-of-the-lions-of-mesopotamia/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=22 December 2017|website=Ahdaaf.me|last=Mubarak|first=Hassanin}}

Death

Allawi Homaidi died in Basra on 22 July 2023, at the age of 95. Al-Minaa SC issued a statement mourning his death.{{cite web|title=الاوساط الرياضية في البصرة تنعى اللاعب الدولي كريم علاوي|url=https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?Key=1066463|website=ninanews.com|language=Arabic|date=22 July 2023|last=|first=}}

Honours

Al-Minaa

Hanna Al-Sheikh Cup: 1951 with Al-Minaa

Gallery

{{Gallery

|width=210 | height=170

|align=center

|File:Thanawya_1945.jpg

|Allawi with the Thanawiyat Al-Basra team in 1945, with the standing players, third from the left.

|File:Minaa1948.jpeg

|King Faisal II awards medals to Al-Minaa captain Allawi after Al-Minaa won the King Cup in 1948.

|File:Minaa1950.jpeg

|Allawi with the Al-Minaa lineup in 1950 at Al-Amjadiya Stadium in Tahran, with the seated players, second from the left.

|File:Minaa1951.jpeg

|Al-Minaa captain Allawi receives the Hanna Al-Sheikh trophy after the team won the championship in 1951.

|File:Iraqi Football National team 1951.jpg

|Allawi with the Iraq national team lineup in İzmir in 1951, third from the right.

}}

References

External links

[http://niiiis.com/players.html Iraqi national team players database]
[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iraq-recintlp.html Iraq - Record International Players - Hassanin Mubarak]
[http://niiiis.com/r1951.html History of Iraqi Sports, 1951]
[https://www.facebook.com/Alminaa.football.team Al-Minaa Club: Sailors of south]

{{National squad

| name = Iraq Team 1951 Squad

| bg = Blue

| fg = black

| bordercolor = black

| country = Iraq

| flagvar = 1920

| comp link = Dhia Habib

| comp = Dhia Habib

| p1 = Adil Kamil

| p2 = Toma Abdul-Ahad

| p3 = Jamil Abbas