Sahib Khazal

{{Short description|Iraqi footballer (1943–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Sahib Khazal | image = صاحب خزعل.jpg | caption = Khazal in 1968 | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1943|01|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Kingdom of Iraq|Iraq]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|5|9|1943|01|01|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Baghdad]], Iraq | height = | position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | years1 = 1961-1976 | clubs1 = [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] | nationalyears1 = 1963–1975 | nationalteam1 = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = 1977 | managerclubs1 = [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] }}

''' Sahib Khazal''' (1 January 1943 – 9 May 2025) was an Iraqi footballer who played as a [[defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] in the [[1972 AFC Asian Cup]]. He played for Iraq between 1963 and 1975.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iraq-recintlp.html|title = Iraq - Record International Players}}</ref>

Khazal was part of the team that played their first World Cup qualifiers in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=36 |title=Players DataBase: Search Results |website=iraqsport.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020624055309/http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=36 |archive-date=24 June 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He died in [[Baghdad]] on 9 May 2025, at the age of 82.<ref>[https://shafaq.com/ar/ريـاضة/الموت-يغيب-نجم-الكرة-العراقية-لوي الموت يغيب نجم الكرة العراقية "گلوي] {{in lang|ar}}</ref>

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