Essam Hamad Salem ( ar, عصام حمد سالم; born 22 October 1973) is an Iraqi football coach and former player. He played as a

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for

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

in the

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. Essam also played for Al-Karkh, Al-Taawun, and

Al-Zawraa Al-Zawraa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الزوراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team compete in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football ...

at club level.

Club level

Hamad won the double ( league and

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) twice, with

in the 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons.

International career

Having already played for the Iraq Olympic team at the qualifiers for the 1996 Summer Olympics, Hamad began playing for the senior team in 1995. He was a regular at the

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and

2000 AFC Asian Cup The 2000 AFC Asian Cup was the 12th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Lebanon between 12 and 29 October 2000. Japan def ...

. Hamad was selected to play for an Asian all-star team in 2000 by the

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, Iran, to commemorate the founding of the

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. He captained the side in the second half. The all-star team was beaten 5–0 by

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Career statistics

International

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

Managerial

Honours

Manager

Al-Zawraa *

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: 2017 * Iraqi Super Cup: 2021

References

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* * 1973 births Living people Iraqi footballers Association football midfielders Al-Karkh SC players Al-Zawraa SC players Al-Khor SC players Al Ahli Saida SC players Tishreen SC players Shabab Al Sahel FC players Al-Yarmouk SC (Amman) players Iraqi Premier League players Qatar Stars League players Lebanese Premier League players Syrian Premier League players Jordanian Pro League players Iraq youth international footballers Iraq international footballers 1996 AFC Asian Cup players 2000 AFC Asian Cup players Iraqi football managers Al-Zawraa SC managers Al-Karkh SC managers Zakho FC managers Al-Talaba SC managers Amanat Baghdad SC managers Iraqi Premier League managers Iraqi expatriate footballers Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Syria Iraqi expatriate sportspeople in Jordan Expatriate footballers in Qatar Expatriate footballers in Lebanon Expatriate footballers in Syria Expatriate footballers in Jordan {{Iraq-footy-midfielder-stub