Ayman Hakeem ( ar, أيمن حكيم; born 24 December 1959) is a Syrian football coach.

Coaching career

Hakeem started his coaching career with Al-Wahda winning the

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in 1993. During the 1990s, he took over youth teams, Syria U20 and Syria U23. Later on, he managed Al-Wahda for several separate occasions, and served as an assistant of

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during the

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. He spent some time in Iraq with

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, and in Jordan with Al-Faisaly,

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and

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. On May 9, 2016, Hakeem was appointed as the head coach of the

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. He led the team to their best performance in which they played the

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against Australia, only losing in extra time. On November 20, 2017, Hakeem resigned from coaching Syria. On the first of March 2019, he was appointed as the head coach of Syria national under-23 instead of Hussein Affash. In February 2021, he became the head coach of Al-Wahda for another tenure during the

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* 1959 births Living people Syrian football managers Syrian expatriate football managers Syria national football team managers Sportspeople from Damascus Al-Wahda SC (Syria) managers Al-Jaish Damascus managers Expatriate football managers in Iraq Expatriate football managers in Jordan Al-Faisaly SC managers Al-Ramtha SC managers {{Syria-footy-bio-stub