Muhannad_Naim
Muhannad Naim
Qatari footballer
Muhannad Naim (born 28 January 1993) is a Qatari-Palestinian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He also currently plays for the Qatar U-21 national team as their first choice goalkeeper, and he also plays for the Qatar Olympic (U-23) team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Muhannad Naim Hussain | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Al Khor | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2017 | Al Sadd | 17 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Eupen (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Al-Arabi | 12 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Al-Kharaitiyat | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Umm Salal | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Muaither | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2009–2013 | Qatar U-20 | – | (0) |
| 2010– | Qatar U-23 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Muhannad Naim first started playing football at the age of eight.[1] He played in Al Khor's youth team as a teenager, but later joined Al Sadd's senior team in 2009 in what was supposed to be a temporary loan.[2]
He participated in the ASPIRE U-19 tournament held in Doha in April 2012. Qatar won the tournament, only conceding a single goal, resulting in Naim winning the "Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament" award.[3]
In January 2013, he had undergone a training period in German club Schalke 04 in the interim of their training camp being held in Doha. Additionally, he played in a friendly for Al Sadd against Schalke, narrowly losing 2–3. Later that month, he was sent on loan to ASPIRE-owned Belgian 2nd Division club Eupen until the end of the season.[4] He made 2 appearances for the club before returning to Al Sadd.
Naim was born in Saudi Arabia to Palestinian parents, and moved to Qatar at a young age. He is a youth international for Qatar.[5]
- QATAR STARS LEAGUE - QSL.com.qa
- Muhannad Naim at Soccerway
- Robert Booth (14 November 2015). "'We will be ready, inshallah': inside Qatar's $200bn World Cup". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- مهند نعيم ينتقل من السد إلى بلجيكا (in Arabic). Al Kass. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- "Palestine-Eligible Players -". footballpalestine.com.
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