# Hadi Ahmed

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Iraqi footballer and coach

Hadi Ahmed Personal information Full name Hadi Ahmed Basheer Date of birth (1951-11-01) 1 November 1951 (age 74) Place of birth Basra, Iraq Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Position Midfielder Youth career 1965–1970 Al-Mina'a Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1970–1985 Al-Mina'a International career 1975–1979 Iraq military (1) 1975–1982 Iraq[1] 79 (12) Managerial career 1983–1987 Al-Rumaila 1988–1992 Al-Minaa 1994–1999 Al-Minaa 1999–2000 Al-Ahli Manama 2000–2002 Al-Minaa 2002–2004 Sitra * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Hadi Ahmed Basheer** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): هَادِي أَحْمَد بَشِير; born November 1, 1951) is an [Iraqi](/source/Iraq) [football](/source/Association_football) coach and former player. He played as a [midfielder](/source/Midfielder) and spent the majority of his career with [Al-Minaa](/source/Al-Minaa) club.[2]

He was capped [Iraqi League](/source/Iraqi_League) title for Al-Mina'a in [1978](/source/1977%E2%80%9378_Iraqi_League), and appeared at the [World Military Cup 1977](/source/World_Military_Cup_1977), He played matches in [Pestabola Merdeka](/source/Pestabola_Merdeka) 1977 in [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia). Hadi play in the [Moscow Olympics in 1980](/source/1980_Summer_Olympics), where his goal was the debut Iraqi goal in Olympic competition, against [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica_national_football_team); sports fans called him: the ([Maestro](/source/Maestro) of [Iraqi football](/source/Iraqi_football)). He played in [5th Arabian Gulf Cup](/source/5th_Arabian_Gulf_Cup) in 1979 and scored two goals, the first goal against [Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_national_football_team), and the second against [Kuwait](/source/Kuwait_national_football_team), and won the best player title of the tournament. He took part in the three seasons of the tournament ([1976](/source/4th_Arabian_Gulf_Cup), [1979](/source/5th_Arabian_Gulf_Cup) and [1982](/source/6th_Arabian_Gulf_Cup)) and scored the goal of No. 200 in the tournament's history.[3]

Hadi's older brother, [Abdul Razzaq](/source/Abdul_Razzaq_Ahmed), was playing with him in [Al-Mina'a](/source/Al-Mina'a) ([captain](/source/Captain_(association_football))), Hadi has influenced his style.[4]

## International career

On April 2, 1975 Hadi Ahmed played his debut with [Iraq](/source/Iraq_national_football_team) against [Qatar](/source/Qatar_national_football_team) in a fully international match, in the [1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification](/source/1976_AFC_Asian_Cup_qualification) in [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad), which ended 1-0 for Iraq.[3]

On March 26, 1982 Hadi Ahmed played his last international match with Iraq against Qatar, within the [6th Arabian Gulf Cup](/source/6th_Arabian_Gulf_Cup) in [UAE](/source/United_Arab_Emirates), which ended 2-1 for Iraq.[3]

## International goals

- *Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.*

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 5 November 1975 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Saudi Arabia 1–1 1–1 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2. 30 November 1975 Afghanistan 4–0 4–0 3. 27 November 1977 Morocco 2–0 3–0 Friendly match 4. 26 July 1978 KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2–1 2–1 1978 Pestabola Merdeka 5. 25 February 1979 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Finland 1–0 1–0 Friendly 6. 29 March 1979 Kuwait 2–1 3–1 5th Arabian Gulf Cup 7. 3 April 1979 United Arab Emirates 1–0 5–0 8. 16 March 1980 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Jordan 1–0 4–0 1980 Olympics qualifiers 9. 2–0 10. 21 July 1980 Republican Stadium, Kiev Costa Rica 1–0 3–0 1980 Summer Olympics 11. 25 March 1981 Malaz Stadium, Riyadh Bahrain 1–0 2–0 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification 12. 16 September 1981 KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Singapore 3–0 4–0 1981 Pestabola Merdeka

## Honors

### Local

**[Al-Mina'a](/source/Al-Mina'a_SC)**

- [1978 Iraqi League](/source/1977%E2%80%9378_Iraqi_League): Champion

### International

**[Iraq](/source/Iraq_national_football_team)**

- [1977 World Men's Military Cup](/source/1977_World_Men's_Military_Cup): Champion

- [1977 Pestabola Merdeka](/source/Pestabola_Merdeka): runner-up

- [1979 Arabian Gulf Cup](/source/5th_Arabian_Gulf_Cup): Champion

- [1981 Pestabola Merdeka](/source/Pestabola_Merdeka): Champion

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Iraq - Record International Players](https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iraq-recintlp.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-MA1_2-0)** Al-Jobori, Shaker (22 December 2012). ["Hadi Ahmed is Maestro of Iraqi football"](http://www.furattoday.com/?p=2131). Furattoday.com (Arabic edition). Retrieved 13 January 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MA2_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MA2_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-MA2_3-2) Asia, Abu (22 December 2012). ["Hadi Ahmed is king of Iraqi football"](http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=15024149). Kooora (Arabic edition). Retrieved 12 February 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-MA3_4-0)** Abdul-Hassan, Haider (14 May 2006). ["Frank dialogue with the football legend Hadi Ahmed"](http://www.almutmar.com/index.php?id=20086078). Almutmar.com (Arabic edition). Retrieved 14 May 2006.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

## External links

- [Hadi Ahmed](https://web.archive.org/web/20150905/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=46280/index.html) – [FIFA](/source/FIFA) competition record (archived)

- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Hadi Ahmed"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090750/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ah/hadi-ahmed-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ah/hadi-ahmed-1.html) on 18 April 2020.

- [Hadi Ahmed](https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/hadi-ahmed/) at WorldFootball.net

- [Al-Minaa Club: Sailors of south](https://www.facebook.com/Alminaa.football.team)

v t e Iraq football squad – 1980 Summer Olympics 1 Nsaief 2 Dirjal 3 J. Ali 4 Jassim 5 Farhan 6 A.Ahmad 7 Khudhair 8 Hassan 9 H. Ahmad 10 Saeed 11 Yousif 12 I. Ali 13 Aswad 14 Ashraf 15 Kadhim 16 Abdul-Wahid 17 Shabib Coach: Jassam

v t e Al-Mina'a SC – managers Dano (1945–55) Abboudi (1955–60) Hansen (1961–63) Allawi (1963–65) Manthar (1965–66) Saud (1966–67) Manthar (1967–68) Saud (1968–70) H.Wasfi (1970–71) Qasim (1971–74) Abdullah (1974–76) F.Wasfi (1976–77) Hanoon (1977–78) Abed-Ali & Hadi (1978–79) Rz.Ahmed (1979–80) Hanoon (1980–83) Rz.Ahmed (1983–84) Karim (1984–87) Rz.Ahmed (1987–88) Hd.Ahmed (1988–92) Hanoon c (1993) S.Hussein (1993–95) Hd.Ahmed (1995–99) Hd.Ahmed & Rz.Ahmed (1999–00) Hd.Ahmed (2000–01) Hato (2001–03) Karim (2003–04) Jassim (2004–05) Hato (2005–06) Abdul-Razzaq (2006–07) Nasser (2007–08) Jassim (2008) Nasser (2008–11) Al-Qattan (2011) Balas c (2011–12) Hameed (2012) Hato (2012) Fahad (2013) Abdul-Razzaq (2013) Ali (2013) A.Hussein c (2014) Muwla c (2014) Abdul-Razzaq (2014) Al Sayed (2015–16) Ion (2016–17) Fahad (2017) Ibrahim (2017–2018) Shaker (2018) Rahim c (2018) Yasser c (2018) Hato (2018–2019) Ghazia c (2019) Aoda (2019) Sabri c (2019) Tița (2019) Nasser (2021) Rahim (2021) Munir (2021) Shamran (2021–22) Wahab (2022) Qasim (2022–2023) Majeed c (2023) Chathir (2023) Hs.Ahmed (2023–24) Grandes (2024–25) Al Sayed (2025) Salah (2025–) (c) = caretaker manager

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