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27 / Iraq · 1995–2001

Abbas Obeid

CB
Caps · Iraq
28
Goals · Iraq
7
Life
1973
Clubs
FC Seoul, FC Pohang Steelers, Bahrain SC
#27
Editorial rank of 33 for Iraq
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Iraq were a goal up on Japan in the Beirut quarter-final of 24 October 2000 because Obeid had scored it, before Japan answered four times. Career record: 28 caps and 7 goals for Iraq; club career at FC Seoul, FC Pohang Steelers, Bahrain SC.

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Career record

1996–1997FC Seoul
1997–2001FC Pohang Steelers
2002–2007Bahrain SC
—FC Seoul
—Talaba SC
Iraq28 caps, 7 goals

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One rank above: Mohanad Ali at #26.

One rank below: Ahmed Yasin at #28.

Iraq's editorial top five: Ahmed Radhi · Hussein Saeed · Nashat Akram · Younis Mahmoud · Adnan Dirjal.

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