Saadi Toma Jirjes (Syriac: ܣܥܕܝ ܬܐܘܡܐ) (born 25 April 1955) is an Iraqi former football player and coach.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Saadi Toma Jirjes | ||
| Date of birth | 25 April 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1986 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | ||
| International career | |||
| 1979–1986 | Iraq | 11 | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1989–1990 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya U-16 | ||
| 1990–1991 | Assistant manager Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | ||
| Al-Karkh | |||
| Al-Ramadi | |||
| Al-Talaba | |||
| Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli Aley | |||
| Al-Taliya | |||
| assistant manager Iraq | |||
| 2005–2007 | assistant manager Iraq U-23 | ||
| 2010–2011 | Zakho FC | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played during his professional career at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and made 10 appearances with the Iraqi national team. He Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. He also trained a number of Iraqi and Arab football clubs. and was an assistant coach to both the national and the U-23 football Iraqi squads.[1]
Saadi Toma made headlines by refusing to return to Iraq and applying for asylum in Australia after a match against the Australian U-23 national team.[2]
He returned to Iraq and managed in 2010 as a manager of Zakho FC before resigning indefinitely for medical reasons.[3]
References
edit- ^ الصفار, كمال. سعدي توما يفتح قلبه بعد عامين من الصمت ويكشف الأسرار (in Arabic). Ankawa.com. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ Salaheddin, Sinan (19 November 2007). "Three players and assistant coach of Iraq's Olympic soccer team seek asylum in Australia". USA Today. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ الملاعب: باسم قاسم يقود كرة زاخو (in Arabic). Al-Itihad. Retrieved 14 November 2011.