Wathiq Naji

Wathiq Naji Jassim Al-Kaissi (Arabic: وَاثِق نَاجِي جَاسِم الْقَيْسِيّ; 1 July 1940 – 20 November 2014) 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]

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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
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Wathiq died on 20 November 2014 at the age of 74 from a heart attack in Canada.^[2]