Ali Kadhim

Ali Kadhim
Personal information
Full name	Ali Kadhim
Date of birth	1 January 1949
Place of birth	Iraq
Date of death	2 January 2018 (aged 69)
Place of death	Baghdad, Iraq
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1968–1982	Al Zawraa
International career
1970–1980	Iraq
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ali Kadhim Nassir Al-Tameemi (Arabic: علي كاظم ناصر التميمي), 1 January 1949 – 2 January 2018) was an Iraqi football striker who played for Iraq in the 1972 AFC Asian Cup & 1976 AFC Asian Cup. He also played for Al Zawraa. He held Iraq's goal record with 35 goals in his time, until Hussein Saeed broke it in 1982. He's also Ali Adnan Kadhim's uncle, the Iraqi international who plays for the Vancouver Whitecaps

After a long illness, Kadhim died right after his 69th birthday.^[2]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 December 1971	National Stadium, Kuwait City	Ceylon	1–0	5–0	1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.				2–0
3.				4–0
4.	15 December 1971		Bahrain	1–0	1–0
5.	18 December 1971		Jordan	2–0	2–0
6.	22 December 1971		Lebanon	1–0	4–1
7.	22 December 1971		Lebanon	2–0	4–1
8.	16 March 1973	Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney	Indonesia	1–0	1–1	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.	24 March 1973	Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney	New Zealand	3–0	4–0	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification