Laith Hussein Shihaib Al-Tawlid ( ar, ليث حسين شهيب التولد; born 13 October 1968) is an Iraqi former football player who was the captain of the Iraqi national team. He was vital to speaking out against

Uday Hussein Uday Saddam Hussein ( ar, عدي صدام حسين; 18 June 1964 – 22 July 2003) was an Iraqi politician and the eldest son of Saddam Hussein. He held numerous positions as a sports chairman, military officer and businessman, and was the head ...

, the chairman of the Iraqi Olympic Committee, who was known for his brutality against the football team.

International career

Hussein made his international debut at the age of 17 in 1986. He played in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and helped

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win the Asian Youth Championship in Doha. In the World Youth Cup in Saudi Arabia a year later, Hussein was on the verge of joining Spanish giants

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, after scoring one of the goals in a 2–0 win over

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, helping Iraq to top their group, but was denied this move by then-president

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutio ...

Managerial career

Hussein was team manager of the Iraqi national team in 2013.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''

Honours

Individual * Lebanese Premier League Best Player: 1997–98 *

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: 1997–98, 1998–99

References

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