Wathiq Naji
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wathik Naji Jassim Al-Kaissi | ||
Date of birth | 1 July 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
Date of death | 20 November 2014 | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1974 | Iraq | ||
1975 | Iraq | ||
1980 | Iraq | ||
1985 | Iraq | ||
1985–1986 | Al-Zawraa | ||
1986–1989 | Al-Naft | ||
1988 | Iraq U17 | ||
1991–1992 | Al-Najaf | ||
2008–2009 | Sabah FA |
Wathiq Naji (1 July 1940 – 20 November 2014) Arabic: واثق ناجي) was an Iraqi football manager, who took the team to the 1986 edition of the FIFA World Cup, their first and only appearance in the competition.
Wathiq died on 20 November 2014 at the age of 74 from a heart attack in Canada.
Categories:
- 1940 births
- 2014 deaths
- Iraqi men's footballers
- Iraqi football managers
- Iraqi expatriate football managers
- Iraq national football team managers
- Iraqi expatriates in Bahrain
- Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
- Sportspeople from Baghdad
- Expatriate football managers in Malaysia
- Expatriate football managers in Bahrain
- Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) managers
- Al-Shorta SC managers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Expatriate football managers in Lebanon
- Lebanese Premier League managers
- Nejmeh SC managers
- Al-Zawraa SC managers
- Kuala Lumpur City F.C. managers