Ali Hussein Shihab
Ali Hussein Shihab was an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Al-Talaba.
Ali Hussein was an industrial player who was a regular in the midfield in the Iraqi national team during the 1980s, alongside one-time Talaba teammate Haris Mohammed, Natiq Hashim and Basil Gorgis.
Ali was part of a Talaba team that included Iraqi internationals Jamal Ali and Hussein Saeed which won three league titles during the 80s. He played in all three games in the 1986 World Cup lining up against Paraguay, Belgium and hosts Mexico. Ali was also part of the team that won the 1982 Asian Games in India, which included Raad Hammoudi, Falah Hassan and Hussein Saeed.
He died on 26 October 2016.
