Habib Jafar

Habib Jafar
Personal information
Full name Habib Jafar Aqal
Date of birth (1966-07-01) July 1, 1966 (age 46)
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Playing position Right Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 Al Talaba
1985–1990 Al Rasheed
1990–1991 Al Tayaran
1991–1993 Al Talaba
1993–1995 Qatar
1995–1996 Al-Ittihad
1996–1998 Al Wakrah
1998–2000 Al Ansar
2000–2003 Al Talaba
National team
1986–2001 Iraq 92 (27)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Habib Jafar (Arabic: حبيب حعفر‎), born in 1966, is a former Iraqi footballer. He was featured on the national team many times and is remembered for competing in various Gulf Cup competitions. In the 1988 Gulf Cup he was voted as the best player of the competition. He became a regular of the national team at a young age and was almost even called up for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, but was thought to be to unexperienced by then-coach, Evaristo de Macedo.[1]

He spent his time with clubs in Iraq, and spent a 4-year spell in Qatar[2] with Al-Rayyan, Al-Ittihad (now known as "Al-Gharaffa"), and Al-Wakra, and in the latest part of his career, with Dhofar of Oman.

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