Shwan Jalal (born 14 August 1983) is a professional

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and former

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. He is currently goalkeeping coach at

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. He was capped five times for the

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team, and was later called up for the Iraq national team.

Club career

Jalal, born in

Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the list of largest cities in the Arab world, second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the ...

, grew up in

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

, East Sussex England, while attending

William Parker School Ark Alexandra, previously known as Hastings Grammar School, William Parker School, William Parker Sports College, and later as Ark William Parker is a secondary school in Hastings, East Sussex in the United Kingdom. It was the only male single ...

. He began his career at Gillingham's

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in 1998, before joining the youth system Hastings Town in 1999, breaking into the first team in 2000. At Hastings he had been featuring for the first team whilst still a teenager, gaining attention from

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clubs such as

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whom he signed for in August 2001, before joining

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in May 2004. He went on trial at

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic ...

in May 2005. He had a trial at

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road S ...

in September 2006, after which he joined

Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot of ...

on a month's

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in November, He moved to

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for an undisclosed fee on 9 January 2007. He was placed on the club's

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at his own request in December, which was followed by a move to

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on loan until the end of the 2007–08 season. He joined

AFC Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth () is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest division of English club football. Formed in 1899 as B ...

on a month's loan on 1 August 2008 after having a trial at the club. Bournemouth then made this move permanent on 29 August. He signed a new two-year contract with Bournemouth in March 2010. On 12 September 2013, Jalal joined

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on a one-month emergency loan deal, but returned on 2 October 2013 - 1 game short of his initial loan - due to Ryan Allsop's suspension after receiving a red card at Leeds United. On 7 February 2014, Jalal joined

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on a one-month loan deal. On 5 June 2014,

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announced that they had signed Jalal on a two-year contract after a successful trial at the club. He subsequently played for

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and

Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an English professional association football, football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, that was liquidation, wound-up after a High Court of Justice, High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. Initially kno ...

. In August 2016, Jalal joined

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side

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. Jalal made his debut on 16 August 2016, replacing Chris Dunn in the starting line-up in a 1–0 victory over

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and keeping a clean sheet. At the end of the 2016–17 season, he left the club. He subsequently re-joined Macclesfield Town on a one-year deal, winning promotion from the National League as champions, before his surprise release at the end of the season. In May 2018, Jalal joined

newcomers

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, signing a two-year contract.

International career

Jalal made his debut for the

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in a 3–0 victory over against the Netherlands on 16 February 2005. Jalal was one of seven European based players called up by

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 ...

coach

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in a 34-man squad on 26 May 2011. However, he had to apologise for his absence due to an injury. On 3 June 2015, Jalal played the first half of an unofficial friendly for the Iraq national team against

Zakho Zakho, also spelled Zaxo ( ku, زاخۆ, Zaxo, syr, ܙܵܟ݂ܘܿ, Zākhō, , ) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, at the centre of the eponymous Zakho District of the Dohuk Governorate, located a few kilometers from the Iraq–Turkey bo ...

in the opening game of the

Zakho International Stadium Zakho International Stadium (Arabic: ملعب زاخو الدولي, Kurdish: یاریگەها نێودەولەتیا زاخۆ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Zakho, Iraq. It is used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Za ...

Coaching career

Upon retiring from playing in 2020, he took up roles as a Goalkeeper Coach, firstly with the

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Academy and then

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Honours

AFC Bournemouth League 2 Promotion: 2009–2010 AFC Bournemouth League 1 Promotion: 2012–2013 Macclesfield Town *

: 2017–18 Individual *

Team of the Year: 2017–18

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jalal, Shwan 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Baghdad Iraqi expatriate footballers Iraqi footballers English footballers England semi-pro international footballers Association football goalkeepers Gillingham F.C. players Hastings United F.C. players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Woking F.C. players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Morecambe F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Oxford United F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Bury F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Iraqi emigrants to the United Kingdom English people of Iraqi descent British people of Kurdish descent British Asian footballers Kurdish sportspeople Rochdale A.F.C. non-playing staff Stockport County F.C. non-playing staff Newcastle United F.C. non-playing staff