Wathiq Naji
Iraqi football manager
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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]
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)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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]