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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]

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(s)	Midfielder
Teams managed
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]

References

• 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

External links

• 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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