Fahad Talib Raheem is an Iraqi professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Iraqi stars league club Al Talaba and the Iraq national team.
14 Facts About Fahad Talib
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Fahad Talib played all matches of the 2016 AFC Cup as Al Quwa Al Jawiya became the first-ever Iraqi team to win an Asian club competition.
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Fahad Talib was suspended by the Asian Football Federation due to doping, while the player claims it was due to taking a "weight loss substance".
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Fahad Talib stated that the "experience with Al Zawra'a was very important to me, and I did not regret it".
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Fahad Talib took part in the Asian Champions League, keeping two clean sheets as his side finished bottom of their group.
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Fahad Talib suffered an ACL tear in March 2022, in which he received surgery to repair it in Lebanon.
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The man who displaced Noor Sabri as Air Force FC's No 1 keeper has been Abdul-Ghani Shahad's preferred first choice with the Olympic team from the first day he took charge; Fahad Talib started all but one of Iraq's ten 2016 Olympic qualifying matches.
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Fahad Talib was the starting goalkeeper for Iraq U-23 in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship in Qatar.
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Talib lost his place in the Olympic team to Mohammed Hameed, Fahad was present in the Olympics as the second goalkeeper but was an unused substitute in all three matches as Iraq crashed out of the group stage.
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Fahad Talib was called up to the senior Iraq squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Vietnam in March 2016.
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Fahad Talib made his debut on June 1,2017 in a friendly match vs Jordan.
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Fahad Talib played 45 minutes and kept a clean sheet.
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Fahad Talib was part of the Iraqi squad that won the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup however he was an unused substitute in all of the tournament's matches.
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Fahad Talib was part of the Iraqi squad in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.