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The result was keep‎. asilvering (talk) 02:06, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Samir Abdul-Ridha (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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The subject fails WP:GNG and WP:NSPORT for not having WP:SIGCOV from WP:IS and WP:RS whereby the sources talk about the subject in depth and length for WP:V. Announcements of competitions and results are considered routine sports reports and can not be used to contribute to notability guidelines requirements. Cassiopeia talk 20:58, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football, and Iraq. Cassiopeia talk 20:58, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

*Redirect to Football at the 1986 Asian Games – Men's team squads#Iraq – As WP:ATD. If more sources appear, I will change my vote. Svartner (talk) 16:10, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep – Per BeanieFan11. Svartner (talk) 19:36, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I feel he's probably notable. The Arabic article notes that he "excelled" for his club and helped them win the top-tier Iraq championship and he "was among the best Iraqi goalkeepers of the 1980s," which is demonstrated by him being the team's goalkeeper at the Asian Games. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:19, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • There's a story on him here – he later became goalkeepers coach for Al-Ramtha SC in Jordan. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:27, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • This is a forum but someone there notes "I read an article in one of the electronic newspapers by brother Ali Al-Hasnawi, in which he narrates the history of the [goalkeeper] – The distinguished Iraqi Samir Abdul Redha, the national team goalkeeper in the eighties, and his journey that led him To train Benfica goalkeepers and supervise great goalkeepers such as the German Anka. He worked with Mourinho and Camacho, and before that, the Portuguese coach Vingada described him as 'the best coach.'" It includes a long snippet from the story but it seems it might be Adul-Ridha talking rather than a sportswriter – it does say that it is only a portion of the story though. He seems likely notable to me. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:40, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • Keep. This blog post about Adbul-Ridha contains photos of in-depth newspaper stories about him. It seems he was well-covered in Portuguese for being the first Iraqi in Portuguese football; he was known under the name "Samir Shaker" there and I found another story on him here. In addition to the Kooora post I mentioned above and the 1995 Al Riyadi newspaper I showed, this should be sufficient to keep given the circumstances (very poor access to the sources of the time). He seems to have been a star Iraqi goalkeeper and among their most prominent goalkeepers in the 1980s. Given the popularity of football in Iraq, it is all but certain he would have been significantly covered in his day. @Svartner: BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:52, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 20:02, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per sources above which show notability. GiantSnowman 20:10, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Not only for the sources already available but also from how I feel like that playing in a major event such as the Asian Games already demonstrates notability considering the states of other athletes for the Olympic games of the same decade. SuperSkaterDude45 (discusión) 21:06, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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