Samir Said (5 November 1963 – 15 April 2012) was a professional

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

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who played for

in the

1984 Asian Cup The 1984 AFC Asian Cup was the 8th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Singapore between 1 December and 16 December 198 ...

Death

On April 15, 2012 he died in a car accident.

Honours

Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Said, Samir Kuwait men's international footballers Kuwaiti men's footballers 1984 AFC Asian Cup players 1988 AFC Asian Cup players Kuwaiti people of Iranian descent 2012 deaths 1963 births Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Road incident deaths in Kuwait Men's association football goalkeepers Asian Games competitors for Kuwait Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players Kuwait Premier League players