Hadi Abbas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abdul-Hadi Abbas Al-Mahami | ||
Date of birth | 1915 | ||
Place of birth |
Baghdad Vilayet, Ottoman Iraq | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1932-1950 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | ||
Managerial career | |||
Nadi Al-Feili | |||
Iraq | |||
Iraq U16 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Hadi Abbas (1915 – 1990s) was a football player and coach.
During the 1930s and 1940s, Abbas was considered as one of the most talented left sided forwards of his generation. He played for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and the Iraqi army national side in a career that spanned nearly twenty years.
He scored several important goals during his playing days, including one against Syrian club
After retiring he turned to coaching at Nadi Al-Feili in Baghdad and in 1958 he supervised the first Iraqi junior national side made up of the brightest prospects from Baghdad areas of Al-Rasafa and Al-Karkh. The group of youngsters included the likes of Abid Kadhim, Hassan "Balah" Ali, Husham Atta Ajaj, and Latif Shandal, all of whom would go on to play for the full national side.
He also had a hand at football administration, and in 1959 he was elected president of the Iraq Football Association, which he held for three years.
In 1959 during the qualifiers for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Hadi took charge of the national side for the last three matches, having been Shawqi Aboud's assistant for the first match against Lebanon.
He was one of many sportsmen who held memberships with the
References
- http://www.iraqsport.com Player Database Hassanin Mubarak/IraqSport.com
- http://www.startimes.com/f.aspx?t=1550544 Kooora Iraqia
- http://www.palmoon.net/7/topic-3612-8.html[permanent dead link] Kooora Iraqia archive
- http://niiiis.com/history1/hadi.html
- http://niiiis.com/iraqcoaches1.html