Ali Hussein Shihab (5 May 1961 – 26 October 2016) was an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
Ali Hussein was an industrious player who was a regular in the midfield in the Iraqi national team during the 1980s, alongside one-time Talaba teammates Haris Mohammed, Natiq Hashim and Basil Gorgis.
He played in all three games in the 1986 World Cup lining up against Paraguay, Belgium and hosts Mexico.
[3] Ali was also part of the team that won the 1982 Asian Games in India, which included Raad Hammoudi, Falah Hassan and Hussein Saeed.
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