Ayman Hakeem (Arabic: أَيْمَن حَكِيْم; born 24 December 1959)[1] is a Syrian football coach.

Ayman Hakeem
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-12-24) 24 December 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth Damascus, Syria
Managerial career
Years Team
1993–1995 Al-Wahda
1999 Syria U20
1999 Syria U23
2006–2007 Al-Wahda
2011 Syria (assistant manager)
2011 El-Jaish
2011–2012 Duhok
2012–2013 Al-Wahda
2013 Al-Faisaly
2014–2015 Ittihad Al-Ramtha
2015 Al-Ramtha
2016–2017 Syria
2019–2021 Syria U23
2021 Al-Wahda
2022 Al-Karamah
2022 Al-Hussein
2023 El-Jaish
2023– Al-Fotuwa

Coaching career edit

Hakeem started his coaching career with Al-Wahda winning the Syrian Cup in 1993. During the 1990s, he took over youth teams, Syria U20 and Syria U23.[2] Later on, he managed Al-Wahda for several separate occasions, and served as an assistant of Valeriu Tiţa during the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.[3] He spent some time in Iraq with Duhok, and in Jordan with Al-Faisaly, Ittihad Al-Ramtha and Al-Ramtha.

On May 9, 2016, Hakeem was appointed as the head coach of the Syria national football team. He led the team to their best performance in which they played the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round against Australia, only losing in extra time.

On November 20, 2017, Hakeem resigned from coaching Syria.[4]

On the first of March 2019, he was appointed as the head coach of Syria national under-23 instead of Hussein Affash.[5]

In February 2021, he became the head coach of Al-Wahda for another tenure during the AFC Cup.[6] In January 2022, he became head coach of Al-Karamah.[7] On 30 June 2022, he signed for Jordanian club Al-Hussein for the remaining 2022 season.[8][9] In February 2023, he rejoined El-Jaish,[10] before he left in April.[11] In August 2023, he signed with Al-Fotuwa, ahead of their first participation in the AFC Cup.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ "Ayman Hakeem". Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. ^ الحكيم مدرباً للمنتخب الوطني الأول بكرة القدم. gsf-sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ^ أيمن الحكيم (in Arabic). aliqtisadi. 29 November 2017.
  4. ^ أيمن الحكيم يستقيل من تدريب منتخب سوريا (in Arabic). youm7.com. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ^ أيمن الحكيم مدربا للمنتخب الأولمبي السوري. Kooora (in Arabic). 9 July 2019.
  6. ^ أيمن الحكيم مدربًا للوحدة. Kooora (in Arabic). 10 February 2021.
  7. ^ رسميا.. أيمن الحكيم مدربا للكرامة السوري. Kooora (in Arabic). 2 January 2022.
  8. ^ السوري الحكيم مديرا فنيا للحسين إربد. Kooora (in Arabic). 30 June 2022.
  9. ^ السوري ايمن حكيم يقود الحسين اربد حتى نهاية الموسم. elsport.com (in Arabic). 1 July 2022.
  10. ^ أيمن حكيم مدربا للجيش السوري. Kooora (in Arabic). 8 February 2023.
  11. ^ الحكيم يتقدم باستقالته.. والجيش يرد. Kooora (in Arabic). 28 April 2023.
  12. ^ أيمن الحكيم مدربا جديدا للفتوة. Kooora (in Arabic). 28 August 2023.

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