Natiq Hashim Abid-Aoun (15 January 1960 – 26 September 2004) was an Iraqi

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who played for

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

in the

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. He also played for

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya () is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Iraq, Rusafa District, Baghdad that competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top-flight of Football in Iraq, Iraqi football. Founded in 1931, it is the oldest existing club in Iraq. ...

. Natiq started his career at Amana youth team in Baghdad alongside the likes of Basim Qasim,

Anad Abid Anad Abid Tweresh (born 3 August 1955) is an Iraqi former association football, football Forward (association football), forward who played for the Iraq national football team, national team, including making appearances in the 1986 FIFA World C ...

, Basil Gorgis and Karim Allawi. In 1982, Natiq was given his international debut by Yugoslavian coach Vojo Gardesevic after his displays for both the Iraqi youth team and Amana. A year later he joined

then Al-Jaish before moving to Al-Rasheed, who had many internationals in their side such as

Ahmed Radhi Ahmed Radhi Humaiesh Al-Salehi (, 21 April 1964 – 21 June 2020) was an Iraqi Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), striker. Nicknamed "Al-Saher" (The Magician) in his playing days and regarded as one ...

Adnan Dirjal Adnan Dirjal (; born 26 January 1960 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi former professional footballer, as well as a former national team coach, and former Minister of Youth and Sports. He was one of Iraq's most prominent national team captains, who play ...

and

Haris Mohammed Haris Mohammed Hassan (; born 3 March 1958) is an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Al-Rasheed Club. Haris Mohammed was a skilful and creative right sided attacking midfielder, born ...

. He participated at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, against Canada, Cameroon and Yugoslavia and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, where he played one game against Zambia. Natiq also played in all the 1986 World Cup games in Mexico in central midfield alongside his former Amana teammates Basil Gorgis, Anad Abid and Basim Qasim. He died of a heart attack in 2004 in Muscat, where he was coaching a first division club.http://www.alhayat.com/article/1222445

Career statistics

International goals

''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''

References

External links

FIFA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hashim, Natik 1960 births Footballers from Baghdad Iraqi men's footballers Iraq men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya players 1986 FIFA World Cup players 2004 deaths Olympic footballers for Iraq Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Iraq Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya managers Iraqi football managers Asian Games gold medalists in football