Wathiq Naji

Wathiq Naji
Personal information
Full name Wathik Naji Jassim Al-Kaissi
Date of birth (1940-07-01)1 July 1940
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Date of death 20 November 2014(2014-11-20) (aged 74)
Place of death Baghdad, Iraq
Position 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 Jassim Al-Kaissi (Arabic: وَاثِق نَاجِي جَاسِم الْقَيْسِيّ; 1 July 1940 – 20 November 2014) 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.[1]

Wathiq died on 20 November 2014 at the age of 74 from a heart attack in Canada.[2]

References

  1. ↑ HighBeam New Straits Times, 26 December 2000
  2. ↑ "واثق ناجي.. قامة تدريبية كبيرة مات فـي ظُلمة النسيان!".
  • New Straits Times
  • New Straits Times
  • The North European Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)
  • The official website of the Indian Football
  • The North European Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)
  • Iraq sport website
  • Iraq Football website
  • New Sabah Times
  • New Sabah Times
  • Malay Mail Newspaper
  • New Sabah Times
  • The National & International Iraqi Information of Soccer
  • Lebanese football Website
  • Lebanese football Website
  • The North European Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)
  • Al-Akhbar Newspaper
  • Assafir Newspaper
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