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Hamza Hadi is an Iraqi football defender who played for the Iraq in the 2000 Asian Cup. He also played for Talaba SC, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Dibba Fujairah, Al-Shorta, and Al-Sina'a
Hamza Hadi was a member of the Iraqi Under-20s that took part at the 1989 World Youth Cup in Saudi Arabia winning their group. The team lost 2-1 to the United States in the quarter-finals.
Hamza was called into the national team by Adnan Hamad at the age of 30 to play in the 2000 West-Asian Championship in Amman to replace the retired Radhi Shenaishel.
He scored a stunning 25-yard goal against Jordan, which won him an award for the best goal at the tournament.
In the semi-final, he had missed the all-important penalty in the 4-3 penalty shoot-out defeat by Syria.
He was one of many players criticised for the 4-1 defeat by Japan at the 2000 Asian Cup, Hamza kept his place until Milan Zivadinovic was sacked and new coach Adnan Hamad dropped him.