Naeem Saddam Minshid (; born 15 August 1968) is an
Iraqi football
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midfielder
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who played for
Iraq
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from 1988 to 1993. He is the younger brother of
Karim Saddam
Karim Saddam Menshid (; born 26 May 1960) is an Iraqi football forward who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. . Naeem played in the Iraqi Asian Youth Championship winning side in Doha, Qatar in 1988 and scored the winner against Norway in the World Youth Cup in Saudi Arabia in 1989. He was also part of the Iraqi side that nearly qualified for the World Cup in 1994.
Career statistics
International goals
''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''
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1968 births
Living people
Footballers from Baghdad
Iraqi men's footballers
Iraq men's international footballers
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya players
Men's association football midfielders
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