Haidar Najim Abdullah (; born 1 July 1967) is a former
Iraqi football
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forward
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who played for
Iraq
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in the
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
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and
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
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. He played for the national team between 1997 and 2001.
Honours
Club
;
Al-Najaf
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Baghdad Championship
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:
1997–98
Career statistics
International goals
''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''
References
Iraqi men's footballers
Iraq men's international footballers
Living people
1967 births
Men's association football forwards
Iraqi expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon
Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon
Tadamon SC Sour players
Lebanese Premier League players
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