SOCCER PLAYER

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 8,214th most popular soccer player, the 356th most popular biography from Iraq and the 10th most popular Iraqi Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Basil Gorgis ranks 8,214 out of 21,273Before him are Siaka Tiéné, Rafael Paz, Cabore, Teruo Abe, Jung Sung-ryong, and Segun Odegbami. After him are Georges-Kévin Nkoudou, Takafumi Hori, Gerry Armstrong, Takashi Shimoda, Marama Vahirua, and Giuliano de Paula.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Basil Gorgis ranks 706Before him are Sergei Fokin, Ben Davis, Mark Kelly, David Thompson, Cornelia Oschkenat, and Eddie Baza Calvo. After him are Brent Briscoe, Chris Pitman, Daniel M. Tani, Bob Peterson, Werner Koch, and Anke Behmer.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Basil Gorgis ranks 356 out of 384Before him are Nadhim Zahawi (1967), Ahmed Al Safi (1971), Muhsin al-Ramli (1967), Aymen Hussein (1996), Bashar Warda (1969), and Nashat Akram (1984). After him are Samir Shaker (1958), Ali Hussein Shihab (1961), Abir Al-Sahlani (1976), Bassim Abbas (1982), Noor Sabri (1984), and Alaa Abdul-Zahra (1987).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Iraq

Among soccer players born in Iraq, Basil Gorgis ranks 10Before him are Raad Hammoudi (1953), Hawar Mulla Mohammed (1981), Ali Adnan Kadhim (1993), Nadhim Shaker (1958), Aymen Hussein (1996), and Nashat Akram (1984). After him are Samir Shaker (1958), Ali Hussein Shihab (1961), Bassim Abbas (1982), Noor Sabri (1984), Alaa Abdul-Zahra (1987), and Bassam Al-Rawi (1997).