Iraq against Iraq. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Iraq · 1980–88 · CB
Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988: three Olympic tournaments came and went with the 1.90m centre-half in Iraq's back line, and then injury took Mexico 1986 away from him. Three Gulf Cup titles and Asian Games gold in New Delhi head a record of 122 caps, six Iraqi league championships across Al-Zawraa, Al-Talaba and Al-Rasheed, and three Arab Club Championships in his six years at the last of them. Career record: 90 caps and 4 goals for Iraq; club career at Al-Zawra'a SC, Talaba SC, Al-Karkh SC.
Iraq · 1957–88 · CAM
Emmanuel Baba Dawud, whom a youth coach christened Ammo Baba, scored Iraq's first goal in international football, against Morocco at the Pan Arab Games in Beirut in 1957. He coached Iraq in seven separate spells and won Asian Games gold in 1982, the Gulf Cup in 1979, 1984 and 1988 and the Arab Nations Cup in 1988, having scored 12 goals in 17 caps as a player and taken league titles with Al-Haras Al-Malaki and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. Career record: 17 caps and 11 goals for Iraq; club career at Haris Al-Maliki, Al-Athori SC, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.
The almanac cannot separate them: both are rated 84.
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