Wathiq Naji | |
Fullname: | Wathik Naji Jassim Al-Kaissi |
Birth Date: | 1 July 1940 |
Birth Place: | Baghdad, Iraq |
Death Place: | Baghdad, Iraq |
Position: | Midfielder |
Manageryears1: | 1974 |
Managerclubs1: | Iraq |
Manageryears2: | 1975 |
Managerclubs2: | Iraq |
Manageryears3: | 1980 |
Manageryears4: | 1985 |
Manageryears5: | 1985–1986 |
Managerclubs5: | Al-Zawraa |
Manageryears6: | 1986–1989 |
Manageryears7: | 1988 |
Managerclubs7: | Iraq U17 |
Manageryears8: | 1991–1992 |
Managerclubs8: | Al-Najaf |
Manageryears9: | 2008–2009 |
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 died on 20 November 2014 at the age of 74 from a heart attack in Canada.[2]