Hamza Hadi is a former
Iraqi
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
defender who played for the
Iraq in the
2000 Asian Cup
The 2000 AFC Asian Cup was the 12th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Lebanon between 12 and 29 October 2000. Japan ...
. He also played for
Al-Talaba,
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya,
Dibba Al-Fujairah,
Al-Shorta
Al-Shorta Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشرطة الرياضي, lit=''Police Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 17 different sports, more than any other Iraqi club, and the best known sectio ...
, and
Al-Sinaa
Hamza Hadi was a member of the Iraqi Under-20s that took part at the 1989 World Youth Cup in Saudi Arabia winning their group. The team lost 2-1 to the United States in the quarter-finals.
Hamza was called into the national team by Adnan Hamad at the age of 30 to play in the 2000 West-Asian Championship in Amman to replace the retired
Radhi Shenaishel
Radhi Shenaishil Swadi ( ar, راضي شنيشل سوادي; born 11 August 1969) is a former Iraqi footballer and former coach of the Iraq national football team, and currently manages Iraq U23.
Playing career
Radhi Shenaishil was born and ...
.
He scored a stunning 25-yard goal against Jordan, which won him an award for the best goal at the tournament.
In the semi-final, he had missed the all-important penalty in the 4-3 penalty shoot-out defeat by Syria.
He was one of many players criticised for the 4-1 defeat by Japan at the 2000 Asian Cup, Hamza kept his place until
Milan Zivadinovic was sacked and new coach
Adnan Hamad
Adnan Hamad Majid Al-Abbassi ( ar, عدنان حمد مجيد العباسي; born 1 February 1961) is an Iraqi football manager and former player.
Career
Playing career
Adnan was born in Samarra, Iraq, the son of a wealthy land-owning family ...
dropped him.
Career statistics
International goals
''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''
Managerial statistics
References
External links
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11v11 Profile
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Iraqi footballers
Al-Talaba SC players
Iraq international footballers
2000 AFC Asian Cup players
Living people
1969 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Al-Shorta SC players
Al-Sinaa SC players
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya players
dibba FC players
Association football defenders