Najeh Humoud (Arabic: ناجح حمود حريب) is a former football coach of Najaf FC and

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. He played in midfield for Kufa FC in the 1970s, 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 Al-Shorta Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشرطة الرياضي, lit=''Police Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 17 different sports, more than any other Iraqi club, and the best known sectio ...

4-0 at the

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to lift the Umm Al-Maarak Cup. He went on to manage the Iraqi youth team in 1998 and worked as

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's assistant at the 1998 Asian Youth Championship. Najeh then coached the

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in 1999. He was Vice-President of the

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from 2004-2011 and the president of the Iraq Football Association from 2011 to 2014. Aside from football, Najih was also the director of the Kufa Cement Factory.

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