Natiq Hashim

{{short description|Iraqi footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Natiq Hashim

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| fullname = Natiq Hashim Abid-Aoun

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1960|01|15}}

| birth_place = Baghdad, Iraq

| death_place = Muscat, Oman

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2004|09|26|1960|01|15}}

| height = 1.86 m{{WorldFootball.net}}

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1978–1982 | clubs1 = Al-Amana | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1982–1983 | clubs2 = Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1983–1984 | clubs3 = Al-Jaish | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1984–1986 | clubs4 = Al-Rasheed | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 1986–1991 | clubs5 = Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 1991–1992 | clubs6 = Al-Khutoot | caps6 = | goals6 =

| years7 = 1992–1995 | clubs7 = Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | caps7 = | goals7 =

| nationalyears1 = 1980–1990 | nationalteam1 = Iraq[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iraq-recintlp.html Iraq - Record International Players]

| nationalcaps1 = 97 | nationalgoals1 = 12

| manageryears1 = 1995–1996

| manageryears2 = 2001

| managerclubs1 = Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

| managerclubs2 = Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

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Natiq Hashim Abid-Aoun (15 January 1960 – 26 September 2004) was an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070824031701/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=68/teams/team=43818.html 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico] He also played for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.

Natiq started his career at Amana youth team in Baghdad alongside the likes of Basim Qasim, Anad Abid, Basil Gorgis and Karim Allawi.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

In 1982, Natiq was given his international debut by Yugoslavian coach Vojo Gardesevic after his displays for both the Iraqi youth team and Amana. A year later he joined Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya then Al-Jaish before moving to Al-Rasheed, who had many internationals in their side such as Ahmed Radhi, Adnan Dirjal and Haris Mohammed.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

He participated at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, against Canada, Cameroon and Yugoslavia and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, where he played one game against Zambia. Natiq also played in all the 1986 World Cup games in Mexico in central midfield alongside his former Amana teammates Basil Gorgis, Anad Abid and Basim Qasim.{{cite web|publisher=iraqsport.com |author=Hassanin Mubarak |title=Player Database |url=http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&Index=R |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010618144139/http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&Index=R |archivedate=June 18, 2001 }}

He died of a heart attack in 2004 in Muscat, where he was coaching a first division club.http://www.alhayat.com/article/1222445 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}