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| ⚫ | '''Nassir "Chico" Yousef''' (1917 |
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| name = Nassir Yousef |
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| birth_date = 1917 |
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| birth_place = [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]] |
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| position = Centre forward |
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| years1 = 1936–1959 |
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| clubs1 = [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] |
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| nationalyears1 =1951| nationalteam1 = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]| nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = |
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| ⚫ | '''Nassir "Chico" Yousef''' (1917 – September 26, 1991) was an Iraqi footballer, who played for [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] and the [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]], playing for the first Iraqi team in 1951<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mubarak|first1=Hassanin|title=Iraq - Record International Players - Hassanin Mubarak|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iraq-recintlp.html|website=RSSSF}}</ref> during the 1950s.<ref name="AS">{{cite web |publisher=iraqsport.com |author=Hassanin Mubarak |title=Player Database |url=http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=5 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020621075728/http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?ID=*&db=players&nh=34&uid=default&view_records=1 |archivedate=June 21, 2002 }}</ref> |
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Yousef was born in [[Baghdad]] in 1917 in the local Al-Ammar district in the Al-Abkhana area, near Al-Senak area in the Iraqi capital. He was proficient in scoring goals from various angles and situations.<ref name="NC3">{{cite web|title=Football memories of a beautiful time|url=http://algardenia.com/2015-04-04-19-52-20/zamanmadejamel/14301-2015-01-01-19-26-27.html|website=algardenia.com}}</ref> |
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Yousef studied at Tahra Primary School and has been practicing football from an early age.<ref name="NC">{{cite web|last1=Al-Saifi|first1=Ibrahim|title=Star of Stars: Nassir Chico|url=http://forum.kooora.com/?t=31601483|accessdate=November 2, 2012}}</ref> He was given the name [[wikt:chico|Chico]] because of his size by a group of British soldiers during the start of his career during the late 1930s.<ref name="AS" /> |
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Yousef joined the Baghdad school team Maaraf Baghdad representing the Ministry of Education before he joined [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] in 1936, and continued to play for the team until he retired and turned to coaching.<ref name="NC" /> He stayed with the club until his retirement in 1959.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}} |
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In 1938, the Ministry of Education established an unofficial Iraqi national team and |
In 1938, the Ministry of Education established an unofficial Iraqi national team and Yousef, was selected to represent the team in a friendly match in Baghdad against Syrian Barada Club.<ref name="NC" /> He appeared for the Baghdad Select side in high-profiled international matches against the army teams of England and Poland in 1943.<ref name="NC" /> |
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Two years later (1945), |
Two years later (1945), Yousef was summoned to play for the Baghdad Maaraf team against Lebanon, which ended with Iraq's victory in the two meetings (1–0) and (4–1). In 1950, he guested for the Royal Guards team for one match against the Pakistan national team in Baghdad.<ref name="NC" /><ref name="NC2" /> |
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Yousef was one of the eleven players who lined-up against Turkey B team in [[Ankara]] in 1951, to make up Iraq's first ever national team.<ref name="AS" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Mubarak|first1=Hassanin|title=Three Lions: The birth of the Lions of Mesopotamia|url=https://ahdaaf.me/2016/05/07/three-lions-the-birth-of-the-lions-of-mesopotamia/|website=Ahdaaf.me|publisher=Ahdaaf.me|access-date=2017-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817013539/https://ahdaaf.me/2016/05/07/three-lions-the-birth-of-the-lions-of-mesopotamia/|archive-date=2019-08-17|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=niiiis.com|url=http://niiiis.com/r1951.html|website=niiiis.com|publisher=niiiis.com}}</ref> |
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He was the star of the Iraqi Army team which participated in the Arab Army Games in 1954 and played in the Six Team Army Tournament the next year in Tehran. |
He was the star of the Iraqi Army team which participated in the Arab Army Games in 1954 and played in the Six Team Army Tournament the next year in Tehran. Yousef helped [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] become a successful team in Iraq since its 1931 founding, guiding them to a number of cups and championships during his long career with the club, which ended in 1959.<ref name="AS" /><ref>{{cite web|title=niiiis.com|url=http://niiiis.com/r1954.html|website=niiiis.com|publisher=niiiis.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A folded page from the history of Iraqi football|url=http://almadasupplements.com/news.php?action=view&id=7148|website=almadasupplements.com}}</ref> |
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Even though |
Even though Chico was only seen by fans at stadiums in Iraq and heard on the radio during the 1950s, he had managed to develop a legendary status with Iraqi fans of today. The Iraqi football writer Shaker Ismail nicknamed him 'the Eternal Footballing Legend'.<ref name="NC3" /> He retired from sports in 1963 and died on September 26, 1991, following an illness.<ref name="NC2">[[:ar:ناصر جكو|Nassir Chico]]{{Circular reference|date=July 2024}}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=November 2020}} |
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<ref name=NC2>{{cite web|title=Nassir Chico|url=https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/ناصر_جكو|website=wikipedia Arabic}}</ref> |
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Nassir coached Amana Al-Asama to the |
Nassir coached Amana Al-Asama to the Iraqi Central Cup Championship in 1959.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mubarak|first1=Hassanin|title=Iraq - League Winning Coaches|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/iraq-coach-champs.html|website=RSSSF}}</ref><ref name="MMS">{{cite web|title=Muayad Mohammed Salih interview|url=https://www.almadapaper.net/sub/04-640/p21.htm|website=Mada Newspaper}}</ref> |
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<ref name=MMS>{{cite web|title=Muayad Mohammed Salih interview|url=https://www.almadapaper.net/sub/04-640/p21.htm|website=Mada Newspaper}}</ref> |
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| p4 = [[Hama Peshka]] |
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| p5 = [[Saeed Easho]] |
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| p6 = [[Wadud Khalil]] |
| p6 = [[Khalil Wadoou|Wadud Khalil]] |
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| p7 = [[Salih Faraj]] |
| p7 = [[Salih Faraj]] |
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| p8 = [[Shaker Ismail]] |
| p8 = [[Shaker Ismail]] |
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| p9 = Nassir Chico |
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| p10 = [[Karim Allawi Homaidi|Karim Allawi]] |
| p10 = [[Karim Allawi Homaidi|Karim Allawi]] |
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| p11 = [[Percy Lynsdale]] |
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| Date of birth | 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1936–1959 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | ||
| International career | |||
| 1951 | Iraq | ||
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Nassir "Chico" Yousef (1917 – September 26, 1991) was an Iraqi footballer, who played for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and the Iraq, playing for the first Iraqi team in 1951[1] during the 1950s.[2]
Yousef was born in Baghdad in 1917 in the local Al-Ammar district in the Al-Abkhana area, near Al-Senak area in the Iraqi capital. He was proficient in scoring goals from various angles and situations.[3]
Yousef studied at Tahra Primary School and has been practicing football from an early age.[4] He was given the name Chico because of his size by a group of British soldiers during the start of his career during the late 1930s.[2]
Yousef joined the Baghdad school team Maaraf Baghdad representing the Ministry of Education before he joined Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in 1936, and continued to play for the team until he retired and turned to coaching.[4] He stayed with the club until his retirement in 1959.[citation needed]
In 1938, the Ministry of Education established an unofficial Iraqi national team and Yousef, was selected to represent the team in a friendly match in Baghdad against Syrian Barada Club.[4] He appeared for the Baghdad Select side in high-profiled international matches against the army teams of England and Poland in 1943.[4]
Two years later (1945), Yousef was summoned to play for the Baghdad Maaraf team against Lebanon, which ended with Iraq's victory in the two meetings (1–0) and (4–1). In 1950, he guested for the Royal Guards team for one match against the Pakistan national team in Baghdad.[4][5]
Yousef was one of the eleven players who lined-up against Turkey B team in Ankara in 1951, to make up Iraq's first ever national team.[2][6][7]
He was the star of the Iraqi Army team which participated in the Arab Army Games in 1954 and played in the Six Team Army Tournament the next year in Tehran. Yousef helped Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya become a successful team in Iraq since its 1931 founding, guiding them to a number of cups and championships during his long career with the club, which ended in 1959.[2][8][9]
Even though Chico was only seen by fans at stadiums in Iraq and heard on the radio during the 1950s, he had managed to develop a legendary status with Iraqi fans of today. The Iraqi football writer Shaker Ismail nicknamed him 'the Eternal Footballing Legend'.[3] He retired from sports in 1963 and died on September 26, 1991, following an illness.[5][circular reference]
Nassir coached Amana Al-Asama to the Iraqi Central Cup Championship in 1959.[10][11]
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References
[edit]- ^ Mubarak, Hassanin. "Iraq - Record International Players - Hassanin Mubarak". RSSSF.
- ^ a b c d Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2002.
- ^ a b "Football memories of a beautiful time". algardenia.com.
- ^ a b c d e Al-Saifi, Ibrahim. "Star of Stars: Nassir Chico". Retrieved November 2, 2012.
- ^ a b Nassir Chico[circular reference]
- ^ Mubarak, Hassanin. "Three Lions: The birth of the Lions of Mesopotamia". Ahdaaf.me. Ahdaaf.me. Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ^ "niiiis.com". niiiis.com. niiiis.com.
- ^ "niiiis.com". niiiis.com. niiiis.com.
- ^ "A folded page from the history of Iraqi football". almadasupplements.com.
- ^ Mubarak, Hassanin. "Iraq - League Winning Coaches". RSSSF.
- ^ "Muayad Mohammed Salih interview". Mada Newspaper.