Haidar Abdul-Razzaq

Haidar Abdul-Razzaq Hassan (Arabic: حيدر عبد الرزاق حسن; 9 June 1982 – 5 June 2022) was an Iraqi footballer who played as a defender. He played for the Iraq national team internationally.

Haidar Abdul-Razzaq
Personal information
Full name Haidar Abdul-Razzaq Hassan
Date of birth (1982-06-09)9 June 1982
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Date of death 5 June 2022(2022-06-05) (aged 39)
Place of death Baghdad, Iraq
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1995–1999 Al-Talaba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Al-Talaba
2002 Al Ahli SC
2002–2003 Al-Ansar
2003–2005 Al-Talaba
2005–2006 Al-Ittihad
2006–2007 Al Ahli Saida SC
2007–2008 Duhok
2008–2009 Al-Talaba
2009–2010 Al-Zawra'a SC
2010–2011 Al-Karkh
2011 FK Andijon
2011–2012 Al-Karkh
2012–2014 Sulaymaniyah
International career
2001–2007 Iraq 24 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Iraq
AFC Asian Cup
Winner2007 Indonesia/Malaysia/
Thailand/Vietnam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Haidar Abdul-Razzaq was a talented versatile player capable of playing anywhere in defence. He began his playing career with the Talaba youth team in 1995, he had been playing as a goalkeeper for Al-Shurta youth team before switching to defence. In 1996, he was one of five players brought into the Talaba first team by coach Nazar Ashraf, two years later he was called into the Iraqi Under-17s by Adnan Hamad. He also played under the same coach while with the Iraqi Under-19s. winning the AFC Youth Championship final over Japan in dramatic style. Haidar was called up by Milan Zivadinovic for Iraq's 2002 World Cup qualifiers, making his international debut on 31 January 2000 against Lebanon in Beirut, in a 0–0 draw.[1] He made three other appearances in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers against Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Iran while Iraq was coached by Croatian Rudolf Belin. He signed for Al-Ansar in Lebanon in 2002 but returned after the end of the war to rejoin Talaba and cemented himself a place on the right-side of defence in the Olympic team.[2]

Death

Haidar died on 5 June 2022, after being assaulted several days before by unknown persons in Baghdad.[3][4]

Honours

Al-Talaba

Iraq

References
  1. Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2003.
  2. "Haidar Abdul-Razzaq Biography and Statistics". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  3. "اعتداء بالضرب يودي بحياة نجم الكرة العراقية السابق حيدر عبد الرزاق". alaraby.co.uk (in Arabic). 5 June 2022.
  4. "صدمة في العراق بعد وفاة لاعب المنتخب السابق حيدر عبد الرزاق". alhurra.com (in Arabic). 5 June 2022.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.