Sayed Baqer
Bahraini footballer
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Sayed Mahdi Baqer Jaafar Mahdi Naser (Arabic: سَيِّد مَهْدِيّ بَاقِر جَعْفَر مَهْدِيّ نَاصِر; born 14 April 1994) is a Bahraini footballer who plays as a defender for Riffa and the Bahrain national team.[3]
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Sayed Baqer playing for Al-Khaldiya SC in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sayed Mahdi Baqer Jaafar Mahdi Naser[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1994[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Manama, Bahrain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Riffa | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Al-Ahli | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Al-Najma | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Al-Nasr | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Riffa | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Bahrain U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Bahrain | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:44, 5 January 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:44, 28 May 2021 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
International career
Baqer made his senior international debut on 7 October 2016 in a 3–1 friendly victory over Philippines.[4] Baqer was included in Bahrain's squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.[2]
On 14 November 2019, Baqer made a "slit eye" gesture towards the Hong Kong fans in the end of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Hong Kong and Bahrain.[5] On 19 December 2019, FIFA banned Baqer for 10 matches and fined him CHF 30,000 as a punishment for his "discriminatory behaviour".[6]
Career statistics
International
- As of 28 May 2021
| Bahrain | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 0 |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 21 March 2024 | Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain |  Nepal | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 26 March 2024 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
