David Nakhid (born 15 May 1964) is a Trinidad and Tobago politician and former professional

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who serves as a Senator for the

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. He played as a

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and represented

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internationally between 1992 and 2005, playing in three

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editions:

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, and

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. He later entered the

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Football career

Club career

After playing college soccer at

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, Nakhid played as a professional in Belgium, Switzerland, Greece, Lebanon, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Sweden, and the United Arab Emirates for

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, PAOK, Al-Ansar, Joe Public,

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, and

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International career

Nakhid also played for the Trinidad and Tobago national team between 1992 and 2005, scoring 8 goals in 35 games, including playing in six FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. On 26 March 1995, while playing in Lebanon for Ansar, Nakhid played a friendly against the Egypt national team as part of a "select" team of

Nejmeh Nejmeh Sporting Club ( ar, نادي النجمة الرياضي, lit=The Star Sporting Club) is a football club based in Manara, a district in Ras Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . The club was established in Beirut in 1945, and ...

and Ansar players. The match ended 1–1, with Nakhid scoring his side's only goal.

Managerial career

In 2002 Nakhid coached Lebanese side Mabarra, while in 2011 he coached

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Political career

Nakhid is a senator for the

Personal life

Nakhid runs the David Nakhid International Football School. On 16 October 2015, he announced that he had the five nominations from football associations to become a

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President candidate. Twelve days later, his campaign was over after it was found that

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had nominated two candidates, both nominations had been declared null by FIFA but the other unnamed candidate had more than the minimum five nominations and was able to continue his campaign. Nakhid announced his decision to appeal.

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