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.[1]
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 died on 20 November 2014 at the age of 74 from a heart attack in Canada.[2]