Ayoub Odisho

Ayoub Odisho

Odisho in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Ayoub Odisho Barjam
Date of birth	(1960-12-15) 15 December 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth	Habbaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (manager)
Youth career
1976–1977	Al-Athori
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1991	Al-Talaba
International career
1979–1987	Iraq	38
Managerial career
1991–1992	Al-Talaba (assistant)
1992–1993	Al-Talaba
1993–1995	Al-Talaba
1996	Al-Talaba
1996–1997	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1997	Iraq
1997	Al-Shorta
1997–1998	Al-Talaba
1998	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2000	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
	Salam Zgharta
	Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli Aley
	Al-Safa'
2009–2010	Al-Jaish
2010–2011	Erbil
2012–2013	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2013–2015	Erbil
2015–2017	Al-Talaba
2017	Naft Al-Wasat
2017–2019	Al-Zawraa
2019–2021	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2022–2023	Al-Zawraa
2023–	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ayoub Odisho Barjam (

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Playing career

Ayoub was a tough tackling full-back, who played for

to three league titles in 1981, 1982 and 1986.

He made his international debut on 9 February 1979 in the 1-1 draw with East Germany in a friendly game in Baghdad and went on to make 38 appearances for Iraq, including playing at the 1982 Gulf Cup in the UAE and the Asian Games victory in New Delhi that same year but due to injuries a year on he lost his place in the side to Khalil Allawi. He made his last international appearance in a friendly with Bahrain in 1987.

International goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	23 November 1982	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi	Nepal	1–0	3–0	1982 Asian Games

Coaching career

Odisho after retiring in 1991, he went on to coach

had won the league with a last minute goal and Odisho stood with a shocked, distraught face. The coach also had a lengthy spell in Lebanon managing Salam Zgharta, Al-Akhaa Ahli Aley and Safa FC. His last coaching job was at Arbil, which he stood down from in late 2011.

Since begin 2012, he is the new coach of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.

In October 2013, Odisho was appointed Erbil SC coach for his second stint with the club.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

On 23 August 2017, Odisho took lead of

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Managerial statistics

As of 11 May 2023

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Iraq		June 1997	June 1997	2	1	0	1	050.00
Al-Jaish		8 July 2009	7 May 2010	34	21	6	7	061.76
Erbil SC		15 June 2010	29 December 2011	83	53	17	13	063.86
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya		6 March 2012	25 March 2013	40	20	10	10	050.00
Erbil SC		8 September 2013	25 April 2015	54	27	16	11	050.00
Al-Talaba		6 June 2015	8 March 2017	45	19	16	10	042.22
Naft Al-Wasat		15 March 2017	2 June 2017	8	4	3	1	050.00
Al-Zawraa		23 August 2017	22 February 2019	73	46	23	4	063.01
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya		15 March 2019	1 August 2021	114	70	28	16	061.40
Al-Zawraa		1 February 2022	11 May 2023	51	20	23	8	039.22
Total				504	281	142	81	055.75

Honours

Club

As Player

Al-Talaba

• Iraqi Premier League: 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86

Iraq national team

• Asian Games: 1982

As Manager

• 1992–93
• Umm al-Ma'arik Championship: 1995–96

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

• 1996–97, 2020–21
• Iraq FA Cup: 1996–97, 2020–21
• Umm al-Ma'arik Championship: 1996–97
• 1997

• Iraqi Premier League: 2017–18
• Iraqi Super Cup: 2017

Al-Jaish

• Syrian Premier League: 2009–10

References