Shwan Jalal

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Shwan Jalal
Jalal in 2010
Personal information
Full name Shwan Jalal[1]
Date of birth (1983-08-14) 14 August 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Newcastle United
(goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1998–1999 Gillingham
1999 Elphinstone Flyers[2]
1999–2000 Hastings Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Hastings Town
2001–2004 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2002–2003 → Woking (loan) 16 (0)
2004–2007 Woking 85 (0)
2006 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 0 (0)
2007–2008 Peterborough United 8 (0)
2008 → Morecambe (loan) 12 (0)
2008 → AFC Bournemouth (loan) 2 (0)
2008–2014 AFC Bournemouth 171 (0)
2013 → Oxford United (loan) 0 (0)
2014 → Leyton Orient (loan) 2 (0)
2014–2015 Bury 5 (0)
2015 Northampton Town 4 (0)
2015–2016 Macclesfield Town 37 (0)
2016–2017 Wrexham 24 (0)
2017–2018 Macclesfield Town 41 (0)
2018–2020 Chesterfield 54 (0)
Total 475 (0)
International career
2005–2006
England C
 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 March 2020

Shwan Jalal (born 14 August 1983) is an

Iraqi-British professional football coach and former goalkeeper. He is currently serving as the goalkeeping coach at Newcastle United, a position he has held since 21 October 2022.[3] Jalal was capped five times for the England C team and was later called up for the Iraq national team
.

Club career

Jalal, born to

first team in 2000.[4] At Hastings, he featured for the first team as a teenager, gaining attention from Football League clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur, whom he signed for in August 2001, before joining Woking in May 2004.[5] He went on trial at Oldham Athletic in May 2005,[6] and also had a trial at Leeds United in September 2006.[7] Following his trial at Leeds, he joined Sheffield Wednesday on a month's loan in November.[8][9]

He moved to

League Two for an undisclosed fee on 9 January 2007.[10] He was placed on the club's transfer list at his own request in December,[11] which was followed by a move to Morecambe on loan until the end of the 2007–08 season.[12]

He joined AFC Bournemouth on a month's loan on 1 August 2008 after having a trial at the club.[13] Bournemouth then made this move permanent on 29 August.[14] He signed a new two-year contract with Bournemouth in March 2010.[15] On 12 September 2013, Jalal joined Oxford United on a one-month emergency loan deal,[16] but returned on 2 October 2013 – 1 game short of his initial loan – due to Ryan Allsop's suspension after receiving a red card at Leeds United.[17] On 7 February 2014, Jalal joined Leyton Orient on a one-month loan deal.[18]

On 5 June 2014, Bury announced that they had signed Jalal on a two-year contract after a successful trial at the club.[19] He subsequently played for Northampton and Macclesfield Town.

In August 2016, Jalal joined National League side Wrexham.[20] Jalal made his debut on 16 August 2016, replacing Chris Dunn in the starting line-up in a 1–0 victory over Solihull Moors and keeping a clean sheet.[21] At the end of the 2016–17 season, he left the club.[22] He subsequently re-joined Macclesfield Town on a one-year deal, winning promotion from the National League as champions, before his surprise release at the end of the season.

In May 2018, Jalal joined National League newcomers Chesterfield , signing a two-year contract.[23]

International career

Jalal made his debut for the

England National Game XI in a 3–0 victory over against the Netherlands on 16 February 2005.[24] Jalal was one of seven European based players called up by Iraq coach Wolfgang Sidka in a 34-man squad on 26 May 2011. However, he had to apologise for his absence due to an injury.[citation needed
]

On 3 June 2015, Jalal played the first half of an unofficial friendly for the Iraq national team against Zakho in the opening game of the Zakho International Stadium.[25]

Coaching career

Upon retiring from playing in 2020, he took up roles as a goalkeeper coach, firstly with the

Newcastle United.[3]

Honours

AFC Bournemouth League 2 Promotion: 2009–2010

AFC Bournemouth League 1 Promotion: 2012–2013

Macclesfield Town

Individual

References

  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2018 and 31/07/2018". The Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019.
  2. ^ Shwan Jalal interview from 2002
  3. ^ a b Newcastle United announces goalkeeping coach appointments Newcastle United 21 October 2022
  4. ^ "Career History". UpThePosh!. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Woking move for Jalal". BBC Sport. 20 April 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  6. ^ "Woking keeper starts Oldham trial". BBC Sport. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  7. ^ "Leeds interested in Woking keeper". BBC Sport. 28 September 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  8. ^ "Wednesday snap up Woking keeper". BBC Sport. 22 November 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  9. ^ "Shwan Jalal". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  10. ^ "Posh capture Cards keeper Jalal". BBC Sport. 9 January 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  11. ^ "Jalal is transfer-listed by Posh". BBC Sport. 24 December 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  12. ^ "Morecambe swoop for Posh stopper". BBC Sport. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  13. ^ "Cherries sign Posh keeper on loan". BBC Sport. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  14. ^ "Two New Signings". AFC Bournemouth. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  15. ^ "Shwan Jalal signs new Bournemouth deal". BBC Sport. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  16. ^ "United Sign Keeper Jalal – News – Oxford United".
  17. ^ "Bournemouth's Jalal recalled from Oxford loan". Eurosport. 2 October 2013.
  18. ^ "NEWS: Shwan Jalal Joins on Loan". Leyton Orient F.C. 7 February 2014.
  19. ^ "Keeper Shwan joins Bury". Bury F.C. 5 June 2014.
  20. ^ "Shwan Jalal: Goalkeeper joins Wrexham from Macclesfield Town". BBC Sport. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  21. ^ "Mark Carrington strikes in injury time for Wrexham AFC to ensure first home win of the season". Daily Post. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  22. ^ "Wrexham release nine players including captain Rob Evans". BBC Sport. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  23. ^ "Spireites Sign Experienced Keeper". Chesterfield FC. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  24. ISBN 978-1-869833-57-2
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  25. ^ "Great to make my debut for the iraq national team". Shwan Jalal. 3 June 2015.
  26. ^ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/shwan-jalal-970abb100, Shwan Jalal – Linkedin Profile

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