Oday Taleb

Oday Talib

Personal information
Full name	Oday Talib Jawad
Date of birth	(1977-11-06) 6 November 1977
Place of birth	Iraq
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Duhok SC
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003	Al-Shurta
2003–2006	Al-Zawra
2006–2008	Al-Minaa
2008–	Duhok SC
International career‡
2002–	Iraq	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of N/A ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2004

Oday Talib (Arabic: عدي طالب‎‎) (born 6 November 1977 in Iraq) is an Iraqi Goalkeeper who plays for Duhok FC in Iraq.

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Having served as back-up to first-choice goalkeeper Noor Sabri throughout Iraq's run to the semi-finals of the Men's Olympic Football Tournament at Athens 2004, Oday Talib looks set to reprise this deputy's role at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. This does not mean, however, that the 27-year-old is not qualified for a starting place should Bora Milutinovic opt to make a change. Indeed, he has been preferred to Sabri before, although 90 minutes in a 4–1 FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 qualifying win over Chinese Taipei on 8 September 2004 must seem like an age ago to the keeper himself.

His fine form with the national team did not last long though, as the next year's West Asian Games saw him return to the bench, while Sabri reclaimed the No1 shirt, impressing in the penalty shootout win over Syria in the final.

Talib has made a more significant impact at club level than he has on the international stage. He began his career with Al Shorta in 2002, making his name and earning a move the following season to Bagdad-based giants Al Zawraa. After spending three years there, Talib went on to play for Al Minaa before being signed by his current club, Duhok FC, an Iraqi-Kurdish outfit based in Dohuk.

Honours

Country

• 4th place in 2004 Athens Olympics
• 2005 West Asian Games Gold medallist.

External links

• Oday Taleb at National-Football-Teams.com