Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I takaro a Luaibi i te roopu taiohi ka wini i te 1977 AFC Youth Championship i Tehran, i te mea i takaro i te 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship
i Tunisia me te whai wāhi tuatahi o Iraq i roto i te hītori o te whakataetae, me te kaute i te whāinga tuatahi o te kaitākaro Iraqi i roto i te hītori o tenei whakataetae, i kaute ki te Soviet Union i runga i 26 Pipiri 1977, kaute ki Austria hoki.