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- ↑ 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico Archived October 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Ghanim Oraibi at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2001.
- ↑ Ghanim Oraibi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ↑ Haidar Hadi. "My heartfelt condolences to the former Football star #Ghanim_Oraibi for losing his son in the #Karada terrorist attack". iraqsport.com.
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