Wathiq Naji

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.

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
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.

References

• New Straits Times [1]
• New Straits Times [2]
• The North European Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) [3]
• The official website of the Indian Football [4]
• The North European Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) [5]
• Iraq sport website [6]
• Iraq Football website [7]
• New Sabah Times [8]
• New Sabah Times [9]
• Malay Mail Newspaper [10]
• New Sabah Times [11]

External links

• The National & International Iraqi Information of Soccer [12]
• Lebanese football Website [13]
• Lebanese football Website [14]
• The North European Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) [15]
• Al-Akhbar Newspaper [16]
• Assafir Newspaper [17]