Laith Hussein

Laith Hussein Shihaib Al-Tawlid (Arabic: ليث حسين شهيب التولد) is an Iraqi football player born in 1968 who captained the Iraqi national team.[2]

Laith Hussein
Personal information
Full name Laith Hussein Shihaib
Date of birth (1970-10-13) 13 October 1970
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Position(s) Central Midfielder
Youth career
1984 Al Omal
19841985 Al Zawraa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19851987 Al-Zawraa
19871990 Al Rasheed
19901994 Al-Zawraa
19941997 Al Wakrah
19972000 Al Ansar
20002003 Al-Zawraa
National team
19862002 Iraq[1] 80 (21)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Made his international debut at the age of 17 in 1986. He played in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and helped Iraq win the Asian Youth Championship in Doha. In the World Youth Cup in Saudi Arabia a year later, he was on the verge of joining Spanish giants Barcelona, after scoring one of the goals in a 2–0 win over Spain, helping Iraq to top their group.

He was team manager of the Iraqi national team in 2013.[3]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

References

  1. Iraq - Record International Players
  2. "Athletes Now Breathe Free of Uday's Chokehold". The Washington Post. 24 April 2003. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  3. Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2001.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Ahmed Radhi
Iraq captain
2003 - 2004
Succeeded by
Emad Hashim
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