page_title: List of Iraqis
section_title: Sports personalities
hierarchical_section_title: List of Iraqis / Sports personalities
caption_attribution_description: Ammo Baba, as the Iraqi head coach
context_page_description: This list of Iraqis includes people who were born in Iraq and people who are of Iraqi ancestry, who are significantly notable for their life and/or work.
context_section_description: Bassim Abbas, footballer
  Gezi Cohen (born 1938), Israeli Olympic weightlifter
  Fareed Lafta (Arabic:, فريد لفتة), Iraqi pilot and athlete, the first qualified cosmonaut from Iraq, and has appeared in Guinness World Records for participating in the first skydive above Mount Everest.
  Ali Adnan Kadhim, Iraqi footballer who plays as a left back for Çaykur Rizespor in the Turkish Süper Lig. Adnan is the 2013 Asian Young Footballer of the Year and often referred to as "Asia's Gareth Bale.
  Haidar Abdul-Razzaq, footballer
  Yaser Kasim, Yaser was born 10 May 1991 in Baghdad. He is an Iraqi footballer who plays as Midfielder for Swindon Town F.C. in English League One.
  Ahmed Yasin Ghani, Iraqi footballer who plays as a midfielder for Örebro SK. His nickname is Örebro Talent, in Iraq he is also known as the Iraqi Cristiano Ronaldo.
  Haidar Aboodi, footballer
  Nashat Akram, born 12 September 1984 in Al Hillah, Babylon, Iraq) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays for Dalian Aerbin in the Chinese Super League.
  Najah Ali, Iraqi boxer who qualified for the 2004 Olympics in Athens
  Adnan Al-Kaissie, professional wrestler
  Abdul Wahid Aziz, Iraqi weightlifter, who won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
  Ammo Baba, former Iraqi international football player and coach of the Iraq national football team.
  Youra Eshaya, footballer
  Faisal Faisal, footballer
  Basil Gorgis, footballer
  Jassim Muhammad Haji, footballer
  Humam Tariq, footballer
  Falah Hassan, footballer
  Louay Salah Hassan, footballer
  Khaldoun Ibrahim, footballer
  Salih Jaber, footballer
  Abbas Obeid Jassim, footballer
  Mahdi Karim, footballer
  Younis Mahmoud, Iraqi football striker and captain of the Iraq national football team. In 2007 he captained the Iraq football team to the Asian Cup glory. He currently plays for Al-Gharafa Sports Club in Qatar.
  Ahmad Mnajed, Iraqi national soccer team player, who plays for Al-Ansar in Lebanon.
  Emad Mohammed, footballer
  Karrar Jassim Mohammed, footballer
  Hawar Mulla Mohammed, Iraqi footballer, known to be one of the best players in Iraqi national team, currently plays for Anorthosis FC in Cyprus.
  Sarhang Muhsin, footballer
  Samal Saeed Mujbel, footballer
  Qusay Munir, Iraqi national soccer team player, midfielder for Qatar SC in Qatar.
  Mohammad Nasser, Iraqi national soccer team player. Plays for Esteghlal Ahvaz in Iran.
  Yassir Raad, footballer
  Ahmed Radhi, born on April 21, 1964 in Baghdad, Iraq, but originally from Basra is a former Iraqi football player and a current politician.
  Ali Rehema, footballer
  Noor Sabri, footballer
  Salih Sadir, footballer
  Hussein Saeed, footballer
  Edison David, born in Iraq, Iraqi Assyrian football player who played for Iraq and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the 1950s and 1960s
  Kadhem Sharif, Iraqi world-class wrestler and weightlifter
  Hana Shezifi (born 1943), Israeli Olympic runner
  Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed Taha, Iraqi chess player and former president of Iraqi Chess Federation.
  Thamer Yousif, footballer
  Saadi Toma (born 25 April 1955 in Baghdad), Iraqi Assyrian former football player and coach.
  Peter Murad, former football player of Al-Minaa, Manchester United and Iraq national team.
  Humam Tariq, Iraq national team footballer
caption: Ammo Baba at a 1979 Military Cup game.
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