fullname years clubs birth_place nationalteam position article_title name
elias thamir assoufi 1969 -- 1987 al zawra iraq iraq forward thamer yousif
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thamer yousif

elias thamir yousif -lrb- -rrb- was an iraqi and ethnic assyrian football player .
a long time al zawra member , thamir led the iraq super league in goals in three different occasions -lrb- 1975 , 1976 , 1982 -rrb- and was 2nd in the league in two different occasions .
his domestic club career lasted from 1969 to 1987 .
he led his team , al zawraa , to three national titles -lrb- 1976 , 1977 , 1979 -rrb- .
he was part of the dangerous offensive trio of al zawra during the 1970s that included ali kadhim and the falah hassan .
he started his football career at the young age of 16 in 1969 for al-sikak al-hadeed .
thamir was first selected for the national team at the age of 19 in 1973 .
his accomplishments on the domestic scene includes 3 league and 4 cup titles with the al-zawraa , whom he played for 19 years .
he made 37 appearances for the iraqi national team and scored over 150 goals in his career before retiring in 1987 .
thamir was leading scorer in the iraqi league in three seasons , the first in 75 , where he scored 13 goals , the next year he scored the same amount to lead al-zawraa to the league title and the 3rd in 1982 he scored 11 goals .
thamir had great success on the national stage .
the iraqi national team was one of the best in the 1970s , where thamer and teammates won the 1972 and 1974 pan arab cup , 1979 gulf cup , 1977 and 1979 world military cup .
he was chosen part of the iraqi olympic team in the 1980 olympics , where the team passed the first round , but lost to east germany in the quarterfinals .
