Iraq · 1986–2001Habib Jafar
Rating
83
Caps
92
Goals
27
Life
1966
Clubs
Talaba SC, Al-Karkh SC, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
#8
Editorial rank of 33 for Iraq
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Evaristo de Macedo left him out of Iraq's squad for Mexico 1986, judging him too inexperienced for a World Cup. Two years later Iraq won the Gulf Cup in Saudi Arabia and Jafar was voted the tournament's best player, the peak of 71 caps and 16 goals stretched from 1986 to 2001 across Al-Talaba, Al-Rasheed and a long Qatari spell; a red card against Iran in 1994 qualifying cost him the decider with Japan. Career record: 92 caps and 27 goals for Iraq; club career at Talaba SC, Al-Karkh SC, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.
Career record
| 1983–1985 | Talaba SC |
| 1985–1990 | Al-Karkh SC |
| 1990–1991 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| 1991–1993 | Talaba SC |
| 1993–1995 | Qatar SC |
| 1995–1996 | Al-Gharafa SC |
| 1996–1998 | Al-Wakrah Sports Club |
| 1998–2000 | Al Ansar |
| 2000–2003 | Talaba SC |
| Iraq | 92 caps, 27 goals |
Shared the era
Iraq legends whose careers overlapped Jafar's