Shaker Ismail (Arabic: شَاكِر إِسْمَاعِيل, born 1 July 1927) is an Iraqi former international football player, who was one of the first players to play in first Iraq national football team.
[1] The Basra XI was composed of 10 players from Al-Minaa and Ismail from Sharikat Naft Al-Basra.
[1] Two of Basra’s players, Ismail and Karim Allawi, caught the eye of the coach Dhia Habib and were added to the squad, bound for Turkey.
[4] In April 1951, Ismail started playing for the first Iraq national football team, He was called by coach Dhia Habib to play in the first international friendly in the history of Iraqi football.
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