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Hadi Ahmad Basheer

Hadi Ahmed
Personal information
Full name Hadi Ahmed Basheer
Date of birth (1953-01-01) 1 January 1953 (age 64)
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.

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.

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.


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