Hadi Ahmed


Hadi Ahmed Basheer is an Iraqi coach and former footballer, he played as a Midfielder and spent the majority of his career with Al-Minaa club.
He was capped Iraqi League title for Al-Mina'a in 1978, and appeared at the World Military Cup 1977, He played matches in Pestabola Merdeka 1977 in Malaysia. Hadi play in the Moscow Olympics in 1980, where his goal was the debut Iraqi goal in Olympic competition, against Costa Rica; sports fans called him: the. He played in The 5th Gulf Cup of Nations 1979 and scored two goals, the first goal against Emirates, and the second against Kuwait, and won the best player title of the tournament. He took part in the three seasons of the tournament and scored the goal of No. 200 in the tournament's history.
Hadi's older brother, Abdul Razzak, was playing with him in Al-Mina'a, Hadi has influenced his style.

International career

On April 2, 1975 Hadi Ahmed played his debut with Iraq against Qatar in a fully international match, in the 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification in Baghdad, which ended 1-0 for Iraq.
On March 26, 1982 Hadi Ahmed played his last international match with Iraq against Qatar, within Gulf Cup of Nations VI in UAE, which ended 2-1 for Iraq.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 November 1975Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq1–11–11976 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.30 November 1975Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq4–04–01976 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3.27 November 1977Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq2–03–0Friendly match
4.26 July 1978KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia2–12–11978 Pestabola Merdeka
5.25 February 1979Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq1–01–0Friendly match
6.29 March 1979Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq2–13–11979 Gulf Cup of Nations
7.3 April 1979Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq1–05–01979 Gulf Cup of Nations
8.25 March 1981Malaz Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia1–02–01982 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.16 September 1981KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia3–04–01981 Pestabola Merdeka

Honors

Local

;Al-Mina'a
;Iraq