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.^[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
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]

References

1. New Straits Times, 26 December 2000
2. "واثق ناجي.. قامة تدريبية كبيرة مات فـي ظُلمة النسيان!".

• New Straits Times
• New Straits Times
• 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
• 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]