Mahdi Karim

Pakistan met him in Lahore on 22 October 2007 and conceded four to him alone as Iraq won a World Cup qualifier 7-0, the converted striker doing his damage from the right wing. He had lifted the Asian Cup with Iraq three months earlier, reached the Olympic semi-finals in Athens in 2004, won the Iraqi league with Erbil in 2012 and finished with 110 caps. Career record: 103 caps and 12 goals for Iraq; club career at Apollon Limassol, Al AHLI TRIPOLI SC, Al-Khor Sports Club.