Hamza Qasim

Hamza Qasim
Personal information
Full name	Hamza Qasim
Date of birth	1 July 1933 (age 91)
Place of birth	Basra, Iraq
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Retired
Senior career*
Years	Team
1952–1954	Al-Maaref team
1954–1964	Al-Minaa
International career
1956–1959	Iraq
Managerial career
1971–1974	Al-Minaa
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hamza Qasim (Arabic: حمزة قاسم ; born 1933) is a retired Iraqi football goalkeeper, who played with Iraq national football team in 1957 Pan Arab Games. He also played for Al-Minaa.^[1]

Coaching career

Qasim served as coach for his former team Al-Minaa for the years 1971 to 1974.

Qasim was born in Basra, and is a multi-sport player. In addition to being an international footballer, he is a basketball player in the Iraq national basketball team. He is also a player in the athletics (High jump and 110 metres hurdles).^[2]

Qasim founded the first Iraqi Badminton Federation, and founded the first team for badminton in Iraq, the Men's Team and Women's Team in 1970s.^[2]

Qasim is married to the famous Iraqi actress Salima Khudhair and lives with her in Baghdad.^[3] and they have one son, the actor Wissam Hamza (died in an accident in Syria in 2011)^[4]

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