Ayoub Odisho Barjam (; born 15 December 1960) is an Iraqi football manager and former player who currently manages

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya () is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Iraq, Rusafa District, Baghdad that competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top-flight of Football in Iraq, Iraqi football. Founded in 1931, it is the oldest existing club in Iraq. ...

in the

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Playing career

Born to Assyrian parents, Ayoub was a tough tackling full-back, who played for

Al-Talaba Al-Talaba Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. Its football team competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1969, the club was named Al-Jamiea but became known a ...

during a playing career that spanned 14 years. The right-sided defender joined the Students club in 1976, making his debut in a 1–0 win over Al-Shurta a year later. The defender, was one of the best defenders in the Iraqi league during the 1980s. He played alongside the likes of

Hussein Saeed Hussein Saeed Mohammed (, born 21 January 1958) is an Iraqi former association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward and is a former president of the Iraq Football Association. Saeed is in twelfth place in ...

, Wathiq Aswad, Ali Hussein Shihab, Haris Mohammed and

Adnan Dirjal Adnan Dirjal (; born 26 January 1960 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi former professional footballer, as well as a former national team coach, and former Minister of Youth and Sports. He was one of Iraq's most prominent national team captains, who play ...

during his career with the great club, helping

to three league titles in 1981, 1982 and 1986. He made his international debut on 9 February 1979 in the 1-1 draw with East Germany in a friendly game in Baghdad and went on to make 38 appearances for Iraq, including playing at the 1982 Gulf Cup in the UAE and the Asian Games victory in New Delhi that same year but due to injuries a year on he lost his place in the side to

Khalil Allawi Khalil Mohammed Allawi (born 6 September 1958) is an Iraqi football defender who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for m ...

. He made his last international appearance in a friendly with Bahrain in 1987.

International goals

''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''

Coaching career

Odisho after retiring in 1991, he went on to coach

and

, leading Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya to four trophies in the 1996–97 season. He infamously gave an interview at the end of the 1997–98 Iraqi League season telling the cameras how happy he was that Al-Quwa Al Jawiya had won the league title, but midway through the interview he announcer announced that

Al-Shorta Al-Shorta Sports Club () is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Iraq, Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 19 different sports, and the best known section of the club is the football team, whose origins date back to 1932. Al-Shorta was for ...

had won the league with a last minute goal and Odisho stood with a shocked, distraught face. The coach also had a lengthy spell in Lebanon managing Salam Zgharta, Al-Akhaa Ahli Aley and Safa FC. His last coaching job was at Arbil, which he stood down from in late 2011. Since begin 2012, he is the new coach of

. In October 2013, Odisho was appointed

Erbil SC Erbil Sports Club (, ) is an Iraqi professional sports club based in the city of Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq that plays in the Iraq Stars League, the first-tier of Iraqi football. Erbil are one of the most successful teams in Iraq, and the ...

coach for his second stint with the club. On 23 August 2017, Odisho took lead of Al-Zawra'a SC for two seasons. He led them in 62 games, winning 39 of them and winning the Iraqi league and the Iraqi super cup after a big game against

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player Al-Talaba *

: 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86 Iraq *

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1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

Manager Al-Talaba *

: 1992–93 * Baghdad Championship: 1995–96 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya *

: 1996–97, 2020–21 *

Iraq FA Cup The Iraq Cup (), commonly known as the Iraq FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in men's domestic Football in Iraq, Iraqi football organised by the Iraq Football Association. Firs ...

: 1996–97, 2020–21 * Baghdad Championship: 1996–97 *

Iraqi Super Cup The Iraqi Super Cup (), previously called Iraqi Perseverance Cup (), is a super cup tournament in Iraqi football. Founded in 1986 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by six teams: the top four teams from t ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

Al-Zawraa *

: 2017–18 *

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Al-Jaish *

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: 2009–10

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Odisho, Ayoub 1960 births Living people Assyrian footballers Iraqi football managers Iraqi men's footballers Iraqi Assyrian people Iraqi Christians Footballers at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Iraq Al-Shorta SC managers Men's association football defenders Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Al-Zawraa SC managers Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya managers Iraq national football team managers Iraqi expatriate football managers Iraq men's international footballers Iraq Stars League managers Asian Games gold medalists in football