Luay Salah

Luay Salah
Personal information
Full name	Luay Salah Hassan Al-Khafaji
Date of birth	7 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Second striker, Striker
Team information
Current team	Al-Kahrabaa (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2001	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2001–2002	Al-Zawraa
2002–2006	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2006–2007	Persepolis
2007–2015	Erbil
2015–2018	Al-Zawraa
Total
International career‡
2002–2012	Iraq
Managerial career
2019–2020	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Assist. coach)
2020–2021	Naft Al-Wasat (Assist. coach)
2021	Naft Al-Wasat (Caretaker)
2021	Erbil SC
2021–	Al-Kahrabaa
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Iraq
AFC Asian Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 July 2009

Luay Salah Hassan (Arabic: لؤي صلاح حسن, born February 7, 1982, in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi former football player. He played for the Iraq national team as well as for the Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Zawraa, Persepolis and Erbil clubs.^[1] He scored 121 Iraqi Premier League goals in his career.

Info edit

After helping Al Quwa Al Jawiya to the Iraq league title in 2005, Louay Salah Hassan moved to Iran Pro League side Persepolis the following season. The 25-year-old striker gained AFC Champions League experience with Al Quwa Al Jawiya in 2004, scoring a goal against Al Sadd. He was part of the Iraq national team which won the gold medal in the West Asian Games in 2005.

Salah excelled at club level, scoring ten times to steer Arbil FC to the Iraqi league championship in the 2007/08 season, an achievement that earned the club a place at this year's AFC Cup.

At the continental level he netted two goals in the ensuing AFC Cup to steer Arbil FC through to the last 16. In the all-Iraqi affair against compatriots Al Zawra'a, he was again on target as his club emerged 3-1 winners to book a place in the quarter-finals.

The 27-year-old's scoring did not go unnoticed by the newly appointed Iraq coach Bora Miluntinovic, who rewarded him with a place in Iraq's FIFA Confederation Cup squad.

International goals edit

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	23 November 2002	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha	Bahrain	2–2	2–2	Friendly match
2	1 December 2005	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan	Palestine	3–0	4–0	2005 West Asian Games
3	8 December 2005	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan	Saudi Arabia	1–0	2–0	2005 West Asian Games
4	10 July 2009	Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil	Palestine	3–0	3–0	Friendly match

Coaching career edit

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya edit

Luay Salah started as an assistant coach to Ayoub Odisho in Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in march of 2019.^[2]

Managerial statistics edit

As of match played 16 July 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %	Ref.
Naft Al-Wasat SC (Caretaker)	19 January 2021	21 January 2021	1	0	1	0	000.0
Erbil SC	11 February 2021	15 May 2021	14	4	5	5	028.6
Al-Kahrabaa FC	9 August 2021	""Present""	43	16	12	15	037.2
Total			58	20	18	20	034.5	—

Honours edit

References edit

^ Mubarak, Hassanin (3 May 2016). "Issued Ids Prove Iraq Fa Fielded Overaged Youth Side In 2000". iraqsport.wordpress.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^ "بانتظار الاعلان الرسمي.. أوديشو مدرباً للقوة الجوية" [Awaiting the official announcement ... Odisho is an Air Force trainer]. Alsumaria news (in Arabic). 8 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

External links edit

Luay Salah at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] Mubarak, Hassanin (3 May 2016). "Issued Ids Prove Iraq Fa Fielded Overaged Youth Side In 2000". iraqsport.wordpress.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[2] "بانتظار الاعلان الرسمي.. أوديشو مدرباً للقوة الجوية" [Awaiting the official announcement ... Odisho is an Air Force trainer]. Alsumaria news (in Arabic). 8 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

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