Shaker Ismail
Shaker Ismail is a former international Iraqi football player, who was one of the first players to play in first Iraq national football team, he also played for Al-Minaa.Shaker played against Iraq in April 1951 in a friendly match between Iraq national football team,and Basra Select XI. The Basra XI was composed of 10 players from Al-Minaa and Shaker Ismail from Sharikat Naft Al-Basra. Two of Basra’s players Shaker Ismail and Karim Allawi caught the eye of the coach Dhia Habib and were added to the squad bound for Turkey with the two other players from the city nicknamed the Venice of the Middle East.
In April 1951, Ismail started playing for the first Iraq national football team, He was called by coach Dhia Habib to play in the first international friendly in the history of Iraqi football. On 6 May 1951, Shaker played his first international against Turkey B in Turkey, which ended 7–0 for Turkey B.Honours
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