Saeed Easho

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Saeed Easho

| image = Saeed Easho.jpg

| caption = Prince Abd al-Ilah awards medal to Al-Ittihad player Saeed Easho in 1949

| fullname = Peter Saeed Easho Murad

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1928|7|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Basra, Iraq

| death_date =

| height =

| currentclub =

| position = Centre-half

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Thanawiyat Al-Basra

| years1 = {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}–1950| clubs1 = Al-Ittihad

| years2 = 1950–1953 | clubs2 = Al-Mina'a | caps2 = |goals2 =

|years3 = |clubs3 = Manchester United|caps3 = 0|goals3 = 0

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

}}

Peter Saeed Easho Murad ({{Langx|syr|ܦܖܬܖܪ ܣܐܖܖܕ ܖܐܣܗܧ ܡܜܪܐܕ}}) (born 1928) is a former international Iraqi football player, who was one of the first players to play in first Iraq national football team, he also played for Al-Minaa,{{cite web|title=International Results 1951–1959|url=http://www.iraqsport.com/blog/?page_id=25|website=Iraqsport.com|language=English|last=Mubarak|first=Hassanin|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616235423/http://www.iraqsport.com/blog/?page_id=25|archivedate=16 June 2006}}{{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=}} and with the reserve team of English club Manchester United during the 1960s.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/iraq-players-abroad.html|last=Mubarak|first=Hassanin|website=RSSSF|title=Iraqi Football Players in Europe}}

Early years

Saeed Easho was the son of an Eastern Orthodox priest, who had settled in the city of Basra in the early 20th century from the heart of the old Ottoman Empire. Saeed excelled at football at his primary school in the district of Al-Ashar and at Thanawiyat Al-Basra and was chosen to play for the Basra Select side while in school, taking on British Army sides based in the city during WWII. He had left the country to study but returned to work as a clerk for the Basra Petroleum Company (B.P.C.) and the Al-Minaa Club.{{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}}

International career

In April 1951, Easho started playing for the first Iraq national football 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, Saeed played his first international against Turkey B in Turkey, which ended 7–0 for Turkey B.{{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}}

Travel and play for Man. United

After the Iraqi team return to Baghdad, Easho and his friend the player Percy Lynsdale left to study abroad, as well as he spent one year with the reserve team of English club Manchester United during the 1960s.

Honours

=Club=

Iraq FA Cup
Winner 1948–49 with Sharikat Naft Al-Basra{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iraq49.html|last=Mubarak|first=Hassanin|website=RSSSF|title=Iraq 1948/49}}

References

External links

[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iraq-recintlp.html Iraq – Record International Players – Hassanin Mubarak]
[http://niiiis.com/players.html Iraqi national team players database]
[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