Saadi Toma Jirjes () (born 25 April 1955) is an Iraqi former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player and coach. He played during his professional career at

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. ...

and made 10 appearances with the Iraqi national team. He

. He also trained a number of Iraqi and Arab football clubs. and was an assistant coach to both the national and the U-23 football Iraqi squads. Saadi Toma made headlines by refusing to return to Iraq and applying for

asylum in Australia Asylum in Australia has been granted to many refugees since 1945, when half a million Europeans displaced by World War II were given asylum. Since then, there have been periodic waves of asylum seekers from South East Asia and the Middle East, ...

after a match against the Australian U-23 national team. He returned to Iraq and managed in 2010 as a manager of

Zakho FC Zakho Sport Club, () also spelled as Zaxo Sport Club (, ''Yana Zaxo ya Werzişî''), is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Zakho, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. History Football in Zakho was played unofficially from the early 1920s with many ...

before resigning indefinitely for medical reasons.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Toma, Saadi 1955 births Iraqi football managers Iraqi Assyrian people Iraqi men's footballers Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya players Living people Iraqi Christians Iraqi emigrants to Australia Assyrian footballers Men's association football forwards