Jamal Salih

Jamal Salih
Personal information
Full name Jamal Salih Hassan
Date of birth 1946 (age 77–78)
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sharjah FC (Sports Director)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1970 Al-Omma
1970–1975 Al-Jamiea
Managerial career
1975–1977 Al-Jamiea
1977 Iraq B
1977–1981 Baghdad XI
1981–1982 Al-Talaba
1987–1989 Al-Rasheed
1987–1988 Iraq U20
1989–1990 Al-Naft
2015 Iraq (Technical Consultant)
2018– Sharjah FC (Sports Director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jamal Salih (Arabic: جمال صالح) is a former Iraq national football player and coach, and currently as a sports director for Sharjah FC, and has been in the role since March 2018.[1]

Career

He began his career as a player with Al-Omma Sports Club. He helped guide Al-Jamiea (merged with Al-Talaba in 1978) to the top division in 1970 with the likes of Qusai Abdul-Sattar and Shamil Kamil, and became head coach of the club in 1974.

He went on to coach Al-Rasheed, Al-Nafat, the Iraqi army national side and several clubs in Libya and the UAE.

Later on, he worked as a pundit for Dubai Sports channel for their Bundesliga matches.

On March 4 of 2018, Doctor Jamal Salih was appointed as the sports director of Sharjah FC, and also Salih was responsible for the sports activities in the club. Also on the same day, Sharjah FC formed a technical committee that Doctor Jamal Salih was held president of.

Salih is one of the members of great achieves for Sharjah FC, a UAE Pro League in the 2018–2019 season (the first premier league for the club since 1996 in a historic success). And also the UAE Super Cup in 2019 UAE Super Cup.

Honours As a Manager

Al-Talaba SC

Al-Rasheed SC

Al-Rasheed SC

References

  1. ^ "Iraq National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 August 2011.


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