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Most Famous Iraqi Athletes

38,229 YM

Younis Mahmoud Iraqi Football b. 1983

90,686 DI

Dhurgham Ismail Iraqi Football b. 1994

143,190 NS

Naseer Shamma Iraqi Player b. 1963

152,759 YK

Yaser Kasim Iraqi Football b. 1991

201,928 AI

Ahmad Ibrahim Khalaf Iraqi Football b. 1992

284,205 MN Mustafa Nadhim Iraqi Football b. 1993

549,073 MF Mazin Fayyadh Iraqi Football b. 1997

601,217 SR Safaa Rashed Iraqi Sport b. 1990

1,831,420 SA Saqr Ajail Iraqi Football b. 1993

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By the numbers

Inside Iraq Athletes

9 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous iraq athletes born in each.

Notable births among Iraq Athletes peaked in the 1990s with 7 people.

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Biggest Most distinctive

Football are Iraq Athletes's biggest group — 78% of all notables (7).

Iraq Athletes over-index on football — 8.4× the global rate.