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Basil Gorgis

1961 - Today

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Basil Gewargis Hanna or Basil Korkis (Arabic: باسل كوركيس) (born 8 January 1961) is a former Iraqi international football player of Assyrian descent. Despite having a short career, he is considered to be one of the best players of all time in Iraq, being known for his tenacity and attacking threat. As a player, Basil took the national team to uncharted territory, where he was part of the Iraqi "golden team" of the 1980s that included Hussein Saeed and Ahmad Radhi. Basil is married and they have three daughters together. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Basil Gorgis is the 9,797th most popular soccer player (down from 8,214th in 2019), the 354th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 356th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Iraqi Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Basil Gorgis ranks 9,797 out of 21,273. Before him are Youssef Rossi, Masanori Sanada, Pascal Chimbonda, Virginio Cáceres, Love, and Miguel Ramírez. After him are Lounès Gaouaoui, Malcolm Macdonald, Đovani Roso, Eric Caldow, Kylian Hazard, and Kazumichi Takagi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Basil Gorgis ranks 784. Before him are Susanne Riess, Jill Dando, Eva Pfaff, Chris Sawyer, Yvonne McGregor, and Maurizio Milani. After him are Joanna Scanlan, Akira Kuroiwa, Jean-Philippe Rohr, Kate Vernon, Scott E. Parazynski, and Steve Nicol.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Basil Gorgis ranks 354 out of 384. Before him are Samir Shaker (1958), Juba (1978), Nadhim Shaker (1958), Ali Hussein Shihab (1961), Nadhim Zahawi (1967), and Ali Adnan Kadhim (1993). After him are Jim Al-Khalili (1962), Zainab Salbi (1969), Abir Al-Sahlani (1976), Aymen Hussein (1996), Nashat Akram (1984), and Bashar Warda (1969).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Iraq

Among soccer players born in Iraq, Basil Gorgis ranks 10. Before him are Younis Mahmoud (1983), Hawar Mulla Mohammed (1981), Samir Shaker (1958), Nadhim Shaker (1958), Ali Hussein Shihab (1961), and Ali Adnan Kadhim (1993). After him are Aymen Hussein (1996), Nashat Akram (1984), Noor Sabri (1984), Bassim Abbas (1982), Alaa Abdul-Zahra (1987), and Jalal Hassan (1991).

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