Haytham Kajjo (; born 23 March 1976 – 16 October 2002) was a
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
n professional
footballer
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who played for
Al-Shorta
Al-Shorta Sports Club () is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Iraq, Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 19 different sports, and the best known section of the club is the football team, whose origins date back to 1932. Al-Shorta was for ...
,
Al-Jihad and the
Syria national team. Kajjo was an ethnic
Kurd
Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...
.
Career
Kajjo won the
top scorer of the
Syrian Premier League
The Syrian Premier League () is a professional association football league in Syria and the top division of the Syrian football league system. The league comprises 12 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Syrian Le ...
twice with
Al-Jihad in the 1998–99 and 2000–01 seasons.
He died from a road accident on the road to
Deir Ezzor.
References
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1976 births
2002 deaths
Men's association football forwards
Syrian men's footballers
Syria men's international footballers
Al-Shorta SC (Syria) players
Syrian Kurdish people
Road incident deaths in Syria
Syrian Premier League players