Haidar Abdul-Amir

Haidar Abdul-Amir
Personal information
Full name	Haidar Abdul-Amir Hussain
Date of birth	2 November 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Full Back
Team information
Current team	Al-Zawraa
Youth career
1995–1998	Al-Karkh
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–1999	Al-Shorta
1999–2006	Al-Zawraa
2006–2008	Al-Faisaly
2008–2009	Shabab Al-Ordon
2009–2010	Al-Zawraa
2010–2011	Erbil SC
2011–2012	Al-Talaba
2012–2018	Al-Zawraa
International career‡
2004–2010	Iraq
Managerial career
2019–2020	Al-Zawraa (Assist.)
2020–2021	Al-Zawraa (Caretaker)
2021–2022	Al-Zawraa (Assist.)
2021–2022	Al-Zawraa (Caretaker)
2022–2023	Zakho
2023	Al-Zawraa
2024	Erbil SC
2024–	Al-Hudood SC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2010

Haidar Abdul-Amir Hussain (Arabic: حيدر عبد الأمير حسين; born 2 November 1982) is a former Iraqi football defender. He last played for the Al-Zawraa football club in Iraq, and was known as one of the calmest players in Iraq.

Information

Haidar Abdul Amer played four matches in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup and his solid defending ensured a move from 11-time Iraq league champions Al Zawra’a to Jordan's Al Faisaly at the start of the 2006/07 season. He led the 30-time Jordan league champions to their second consecutive AFC Cup title in November 2006, scoring a vital goal in the second leg of the final against Muharraq.

International goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 December 2004	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha	Qatar	3–3	3-3	17th Arabian Gulf Cup
2.	15 March 2006	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	2–2	2-2	Friendly match

Coaching career

Al-Zawraa SC

On 24 February 2019, Hakeem Shaker agreed with Al-Zawraa SC to lead the club, and took Haider Abdul Amer as an assistant coach.^[2]

Zakho SC

On 30 October 2022, Haidar Abdul-Amir became the team's coach after Hamza Hadi resigned as Zakho SC coach because of his bad results.

This was the first time in his sports life that Haider became the main coach of a team.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 26 December 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %	Ref.
Al-Zawraa SC (Caretaker)	30 December 2020	3 January 2021	1	1	0	0	100.0
Al-Zawraa SC (Caretaker)	22 December 2021	""Present""	1	0	1	0	000.0
Total			2	1	1	0	050.0	—

Honours

Club

Al-Zawraa

Al-Faisaly

AFC Cup: 2006

Country

4th place in 2004 Athens Olympics
2005 West Asian Games Gold medallist.
2007 Asian Cup winner

References

^ "AFC Cup squads-Al Zawraa". the-afc.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
^ "حكيم شاكر مدربا جديدا للزوراء" [Hakim Shaker is a new coach for Ministers]. Maytham Al-Hussaini (in Arabic). 24 February 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

External links

Haidar Abdul-Amir at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] "AFC Cup squads-Al Zawraa". the-afc.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

[2] "حكيم شاكر مدربا جديدا للزوراء" [Hakim Shaker is a new coach for Ministers]. Maytham Al-Hussaini (in Arabic). 24 February 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

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