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Muhannad Naim (born 28 January 1993) is a
Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...
i-Palestinian
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who plays as a
goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting ...
. He also currently plays for the Qatar U-21 national team as their first choice goalkeeper, and he also plays for the Qatar Olympic (U-23) team.


Career

Muhannad Naim first started playing football at the age of eight. He played in Al Khor's youth team as a teenager, but later joined Al Sadd's senior team in 2009 in what was supposed to be a temporary loan. He participated in the ASPIRE U-19 tournament held in Doha in April 2012. Qatar won the tournament, only conceding a single goal, resulting in Naim winning the "''Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament''" award. In January 2013, he had undergone a training period in German club
Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...
in the interim of their training camp being held in
Doha Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the c ...
. Additionally, he played in a friendly for Al Sadd against Schalke, narrowly losing 2–3. Later that month, he was sent on loan to ASPIRE-owned Belgian 2nd Division club
Eupen Eupen (, ; ; formerly ) is the capital of German-speaking Community of Belgium and is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, from the German border ( Aachen), from the Dutch border (Maastricht) and from the " High Fe ...
until the end of the season. He made 2 appearances for the club before returning to Al Sadd.


Personal life

Naim was born in Saudi Arabia to Palestinian parents, and moved to Qatar at a young age. He is a youth international for Qatar.


External links


QATAR STARS LEAGUE - QSL.com.qa
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References

1993 births Living people Qatari footballers Qatar men's youth international footballers Palestinian emigrants to Qatar Qatari people of Palestinian descent Naturalised citizens of Qatar Al-Khor SC players Al Sadd SC players Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) players Al Kharaitiyat SC players Umm Salal SC players Muaither SC players Qatari expatriate footballers Qatar Stars League players Qatari Second Division players Challenger Pro League players K.A.S. Eupen players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Qatari expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Men's association football goalkeepers Asian Games competitors for Qatar {{Qatar-footy-goalkeeper-stub