Hamza Qasim

Hamza Qasim
Personal information
Full name Hamza Qasim
Date of birth (1933-07-01) 1 July 1933 (age 93)
Place of birth Basra, Iraq
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Retired
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
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: حَمْزَة قَاسِم; born 1 July 1933) is a retired Iraqi football goalkeeper, who played with the Iraq national team in the 1957 Pan Arab Games. He also played for Al-Minaa.

Coaching career

Qasim served as coach for Al-Minaa from 1971 to 1974.[citation needed]

Multi-talent and activities

Qasim was born in Basra, and was a multi-sport athlete. In addition to being an international footballer, he was a basketball player for the Iraq national basketball team. He was also a competitor in athletics (high jump and 110 metres hurdles).

Qasim founded the first Iraqi Badminton Federation, and founded the first team for badminton in Iraq, establishing men's and women's teams in 1970s.

Personal life

Qasim is married to Iraqi actress Salima Khudhair and lives with her in Baghdad. and they had one son, actor Wissam Hamza, who died in an accident in Syria in 2011.

References

  1. ↑ History of Iraqi Sports, 1959 (in Arabic)
  2. 1 2 Homood, Haider (13 July 2016). "Hamza Qasim in brief". Al-Minaa Club Home Page.
  3. ↑ Salima Khudhair with her husband Hamza Qasim
  4. ↑ "Iraqi artists who died in 2011". elaph.com (in Arabic). 25 December 2011.