Sayed Mahdi Baqer Jaafar Mahdi Naser (; born 14 April 1994) is a Bahraini

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who plays as a defender for

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and the Bahrain national team.

International career

Baqer made his senior international debut on 7 October 2016 in a 3–1 friendly victory over

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. Baqer was included in

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's squad for the

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in the United Arab Emirates. On 14 November 2019, Baqer made a "slit eye" gesture towards the Hong Kong fans in the end of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between

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and

. On 19 December 2019,

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banned Baqer for 10 matches and fined him CHF 30,000 as a punishment for his "discriminatory behaviour".

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International

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Sayed Baqer
at WorldFootball.com 1994 births Living people Footballers from Manama Bahraini men's footballers 21st-century Bahraini sportsmen Bahrain men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Al Ahli Club (Manama) players Al Nasr SC (Kuwait) players Al-Najma SC (Bahrain) players Bahraini Premier League players Kuwait Premier League players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players 2023 AFC Asian Cup players Al-Riffa SC players Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Bahraini expatriate men's footballers Bahraini expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait {{Bahrain-footy-bio-stub