Mahdi Jassim

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Mahdi Jassim
Personal information
Full name Mahdi Jassim Mohammed Hassan
Date of birth (1956-03-04) 4 March 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Iraq
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Administrative director)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1986 Iraq
Managerial career
2013 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2020– Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Administrative director)

Mahdi Jassim (born 4 March 1956) is an Iraqi former football midfielder who played for Iraq at the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship and 1985 Pan Arab Games. [1]

Contents

Mahdi played for the national team between 1980 and 1986. [2]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 March 1980 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 1–01–0 1980 Olympics qualifiers

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References

  1. "قاعدة بيانات لاعبي المنتخبات العراقية-1".
  2. "Iraq – Record International Players". RSSSF .