Esam Sakeen Al-Kandari (born 2 July 1971) is a Kuwaiti

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who played for

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in the

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. He also played for

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. He competed in the men's tournament at the

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* 1971 births Living people Kuwaiti men's footballers Place of birth missing (living people) 1996 AFC Asian Cup players 2000 AFC Asian Cup players Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Kuwait Asian Games footballers for Kuwait Men's association football midfielders Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Kuwait men's international footballers Kuwait Premier League players Kazma SC players Olympic footballers for Kuwait Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists in football {{Kuwait-footy-bio-stub