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07 / United Arab Emirates · 1985–1990

Khalid Ismail

LM
Life
1965
#7
Editorial rank of 33 for United Arab Emirates
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

A minute into the second half at the San Siro on 15 June 1990, two goals down to West Germany, he scored the first World Cup goal the United Arab Emirates ever had, and Lothar Matthäus answered sixty seconds later.

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Identity and career · Wikidata Q3814928
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One rank above: Fahad Khamis at #6.

One rank below: Zuhair Bakhit at #8.

United Arab Emirates's editorial top five: Adnan Al-Talyani · Ismail Matar · Omar Abdulrahman · Ali Mabkhout · Ahmed Khalil.

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