Hussein Saeed information

Hussein Saeed
Hussein Saeed
حسين سعيد محمد
16th President of the IFA
	In office; 27 June 2004 – 13 June 2011
Preceded by	Uday Hussein
Succeeded by	Najeh Humoud
Personal details
Born	Hussein Saeed Mohammed; 21 January 1958 (age 66); Al Adhamiya, Bagdad, Iraq
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Occupation	Footballer ; Manager ; Football administrator
Position(s)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1975–1990	Al-Talaba
International career
1975–1977	Iraq U20
1976–1990	Iraq
Managerial career
1993	Al-Talaba
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Iraq
Arabian Gulf Cup
Asian Games
AFC U-19 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hussein Saeed Mohammed^[1] (Arabic: حسين سعيد محمد, born 21 January 1958) is an Iraqi former footballer who played as a forward and is a former president of the Iraq Football Association. Saeed is in ninth place in the list of top international goal scorers, with 78 goals.^[2] Along with Ahmed Radhi, he is considered to be the best Iraqi player of the 20th century and features in 25th place in Asia's Best Players of the Century list.^[3] Hussein's 78 international goals make him currently the Iraqi national team's highest scoring player.^[4]

Saeed started his professional football career at the age of 17, when he joined the Iraq national varsity football team and won the 1975 Arab Schools Games gold medal. In 1975, he joined Al-Jamiea, who later became known as Al-Talaba, where he spent all 15 years of his career, achieving three league titles and getting the top goalscorer of the league award in three seasons. He won two AFC U-19 Championships, two Arabian Gulf Cups, where he was the top goalscorer of both occasions and the best player of one, a World Military Cup, and an Asian Games gold medal.

^ "Archived copy". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Mubarak, Hassanin; Mamrud, Roberto. "Hussein Saeed Mohammed – Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^ "IFFHS' Century Elections, Asia – Player of the Century". RSSSF. 30 January 2000. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Iraq – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 December 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[1] "Archived copy". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[RSSSF_(International_goals)-2] Mubarak, Hassanin; Mamrud, Roberto. "Hussein Saeed Mohammed – Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[IFFHS'_Century_Elections,_Asia_–_Player_of_the_Century_–_RSSSF-3] "IFFHS' Century Elections, Asia – Player of the Century". RSSSF. 30 January 2000. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[Iraq_–_Record_International_Players_–_RSSSF-4] Mamrud, Roberto. "Iraq – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 December 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

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