Hussein Naeem

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Hussein Naeem
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Personal information
Full name Hussein Hassan Naeem
Date of birth (1987-03-19)19 March 1987
Place of birth Selaa, Lebanon
Date of death 13 June 2007(2007-06-13) (aged 20)
Place of death Beirut, Lebanon
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2001–2006 Nejmeh
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Nejmeh
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hussain Hassan Naeem (Arabic: حسين حسن نعيم‎; 19 March 1987 – 13 June 2007) was Lebanese footballer who played as a forward. He was killed by a car bomb outside the Rafic El-Hariri Stadium, alongside other victims, in an assassination attempt on Lebanese politician Walid Eido, who was also killed in the incident. Naeem joined the Nejmeh youth team on 2 November 2001, playing for the first team from 2006 until his death in 2007.[1]

Death[]

On 13 June 2007, Hussein Naeem died from the same car bomb which killed politician Walid Eido and teammate Hussein Dokmak.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Drame - Hussein Naïm et Hussein Dokmak ont été fauchés par l'explosion de Manara Le lourd tribut payé par le club Nejmeh". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). 15 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ Daily Star: March 14 MP Walid Eido assassinated in Beirut bombing, 2007-06-14
  3. ^ "FOOTBALL IN LEBANON". IBWM. Retrieved 7 November 2019.


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