Hadi Ahmad Basheer

Hadi Ahmed
Personal information
Full name Hadi Ahmed Basheer
Date of birth (1953-01-01) 1 January 1953
Place of birth Basra, Iraq
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1965–1970 Al-Mina'a
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1985 Al-Mina'a
National team
1973–1975 Iraq MNFT
1980 Iraq U23 (1)
1975–1982 Iraq 65
Teams managed
1983–1987 Al-Rumaila
1988–1992 Al-Mina'a
1994–1999 Al-Mina'a
1999–2000 Al-Ahli Manama
2000–2002 Al-Mina'a
2002–2004 Sitra

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Hadi Ahmed Basheer (Arabic: هادي أحمد بشير‎‎), (born in January 1, 1953 in Basra) is an Iraqi coach and former footballer, he played as a Midfielder and spent the majority of his career with Al-Minaa club.[1]

Hadi was capped Iraqi League title for Al-Mina'a in 1978, and appeared at the World Military Cup 1977, He also played matches in Pestabola Merdeka 1977 in Malaysia. Hadi play in the Moscow Olympics in 1980, he scored first goal for Iraq in Olympic history, a goal against Costa Rica. and sports fans were calls him: the (Maestro of Iraqi football). He played in The 5th Gulf Cup of Nations 1979 and scored two goals, the first goal against Emirates, and the second against Kuwait, and won the best player title of the tournament. He took part in the three seasons of the tournament (1976, 1979 and 1982) and scored the goal of No. 200 in the tournament's history.[2]

Older brother of Hadi named Abdul Razzak, was playing with him in Al-Mina'a (captain), Hadi has influenced his style because of him and he loved football.[3]

International debut

On April 2, 1975 Hadi Ahmed played his debut with Iraq against Qatar in fully international match, in the 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification in Baghdad, which ended 1-0 for Iraq.[2]

Last international match

On March 26, 1982 Hadi Ahmed played his last international match with Iraq against Qatar too, within Gulf Cup of Nations VI in UAE, which ended 2-1 for Iraq.[2]

Honors

Local

Al-Mina'a

International

Iraq

References

  1. ↑ Al-Jobori, Shaker (22 December 2012). "Hadi Ahmed is Maestro of Iraqi football". Furattoday.com (Arabic edition). Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Asia, Abu (22 December 2012). "Hadi Ahmed is king of Iraqi football". Kooora (Arabic edition). Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  3. ↑ Abdul-Hassan, Haider (14 May 2006). "Frank dialogue with the football legend Hadi Ahmed". Almutmar.com (Arabic edition). Retrieved 14 May 2006.
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