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Najih Humoud Personal information Full name Najih Humoud Hureib Date of birth 1 July 1951 Place of birth Kufa, Iraq Playing position Midfielder Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† Al-Kufa Teams managed 1988-1991 Al-Najaf 1993-2003 Al-Najaf * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). Najih Humoud (Arabic: ناجح حمود حريب) is a former football coach of Najaf FC and Iraq.[1]
He played in midfield for Kufa FC in the 70s, and the Najaf province team but never managed to play in the Iraqi first division. He began his coaching career with Najaf FC in 1987, and helped the club to their first ever cup in 1998 as his team beat Al-Shorta 4-0 at the Al Shaab Stadium to lift the Umm Al-Maarak Cup.
He went onto manage the Iraqi youth team in 1998 and worked as Zoran Smileski's assistant at the 1998 Asian Youth Championship.
Najih then coached the Iraq national football team in 1999. He is currently Vice-President of the Iraq Football Association. Aside from football, Najih was also the director of the Kufa Cement Factory.
References
- ^ Mubarak, Hassanin. "Iraq National Team Coaches". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/iraq-coach.html. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
Iraq national football team – managers Habib (1951) · Mohammed (1957) · Aboud (1959) · Abbas (1959) · Aboud (1963–1964) · Basher (1964) · Aboud (1965) · Basher (1966) · Shihab (1967) · Hassan (1968) · Basher (1968) · Kokeza (1969) · Illichev (1969–71) · Basher (1971–72) · Hassan (1972) · Teleki (1973) · Muhsin (1973) · Naji (1974) · Shihab (1974) · Muhsin (1974) · Naji (1975) · McLennan (1975–76) · Grčić (1976–78) · Salih (1978) · Baba (1978–80) · Naji (1980) · Jassam (1980) · Gardašević (1980) · Aziz (1980) · Baba (1981–84) · Jassam (1985) · Salman (1985) · Naji (1985) · Jorge Vieira (1985) · Edu (1986) · Zé Mario (1986) · de Macedo (1986) · Salman (1986) · Baba (1987–88) · Salih (1988) · Baba (1988–89) · Jassam (1989–90) · Morozov (1990) · Fomenko (1990) · Adnan Dirjal (1992–93) · Baba (1993) · Jassam (1995–96) · Baba (1996) · Alwan (1996–97) · Odisho (1997) · Baba (1997) · Salman (1998) · Humoud (1999) · Hamad (2000) · Živadinović (2000–01) · Hamad (2001) · Belin (2001) · Hamad (2002) · Stange (2002–04) · Hamad (2004) · Salman (2005–07) · Jorvan Vieira (2007) · Olsen (2007–08) · Hamad (2008) · Jorvan Vieira (2008–09) · Shenaishil (2009) · Milutinović (2009) · Shaker (2009–10) · Sidka (2010–11) · Zico (2011–)
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