Full name Muhannad Naim Hussain Years Team Weight 80 kg Place of birth Qatar Name Muhannad Naim Position Goalkeeper | Playing position Role Footballer Current team Al Sadd SC Number 22 Height 1.8 m | |
Date of birth (1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 22) | ||
Muhannad Naim (born 28 January 1993) is a Qatari footballer who currently plays for Qatar Stars League side Al Sadd 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.
Career
Naim first started playing football at the age of eight. 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.
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.
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. He made 2 appearances for the club before returning to Al Sadd.