Sayed Baqer

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Sayed Baqer
Personal information
Full name Sayed Mahdi Baqer Jaafar Mahdi Naser[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Manama, Bahrain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Riffa
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Al-Ahli
2017–2018 Al-Najma
2018–2019 Al-Nasr
2019– Riffa
International career
2015 Bahrain U23 3 (0)
2016– Bahrain 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:44, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:44, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Sayed Mahdi Baqer Jaafar Mahdi Naser (Arabic: سيد مهدي باقر; born 14 April 1994) is a Bahraini footballer who plays as a defender for Riffa and the Bahrain national team.[3]

International career[edit]

Baqer made his senior international debut on 7 October 2016 in a 3–1 friendly victory over Philippines.[4] Baqer was included in Bahrain's squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.[2]

On 14 November 2019, Baqer made a "slit eye" gesture towards the Hong Kong fans in the end of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Hong Kong and Bahrain.[5] On 19 December 2019, FIFA banned Baqer for 10 matches and fined him CHF 30,000 as a punishment for his "discriminatory behaviour".[6]

Career statistics[edit]

International[edit]

As of 28 May 2021
Bahrain
Year Apps Goals
2016 1 0
2017 3 0
2018 5 0
2019 9 0
2020 1 0
2021 2 0
Total 21 0
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 21 March 2024 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain    Nepal 2–0 5–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 26 March 2024 1–0 3–0

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Bahrain" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 2. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Complete Squad Lists" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 27 December 2018. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. ^ Sayed Baqer at Soccerway
  4. ^ "Philippines vs. Bahrain (1:3)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Bahrain footballer Sayed Baqer banned for ten matches after racist gesture". Arabian Business. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Disciplinary Overview – Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

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