Haidar Abdul-Amir

Haidar Abdul-Amir Hussain (Arabic: حَيْدَر عَبْد الْأَمِير حُسَيْن; 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.

Haidar Abdul-Amir

Personal information
Full name	Haidar Abdul-Amir Hussain
Date of birth	(1982-11-02) 2 November 1982 (age 42)[1]
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	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	Al-Shorta
1999–2006	Al-Zawraa
2006–2008	Al-Faisaly	26	(3)
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	64	(3)
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 as of 12 March 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2010

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.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
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

• Iraqi Premier League: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2015–16, 2017–18
• Iraq FA Cup: 2016–17
• Iraqi Super Cup: 2017

Al-Faisaly

• AFC Cup: 2006

Country

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