Captain Nazim Shaker passed away of COVID-19
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2020-09-11T17:16:14+00:00
Shafaq News / sources reported that the former Iraqi football star and coach, Nazim Shaker, passed away on Friday of COVID-19 complications.
The government-owned Iraqi Sports Channel said, "Captain Nazim Shaker passed away this evening, in a hospital in Erbil, of COVID-19 complications".
Several Iraqi athletes mourned Shaker on their social media accounts.