13 Facts About Adnan Hamad

Adnan Hamad Majid Al-Abbassi is an Iraqi football manager and former player, who is the manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Orobah.

Adnan Hamad played for Al-Talaba and Al-Tayaran club teams in Iraq.

Adnan Hamad later became the coach of Al-Zawraa and was assistant coach of the Iraq national football team to Yahya Alwan during the 1996 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

Adnan Hamad spent time in Europe studying coaching techniques before coaching abroad in the UAE with Dubai SC.

Adnan Hamad first coached the Iraq national team in February 2000 and led the team to third place at the 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship in Amman.

Adnan Hamad was then replaced by Milan Zivadinovic only two months before the 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon.

Adnan Hamad was back as the national coach of Iraq for the second time a year later after Milan Zivadinovic was sacked.

Adnan Hamad led Iraq to the second round of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers before he was replaced by Croatian Rudolf Belin after two consecutive defeats to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in the opening three matches of the tournament.

Adnan Hamad had a short stint as manager of the Lebanon national team between 22 January 2004 and 8 February 2004.

Adnan Hamad regained his position as coach of Iraq when Bernd Stange left in 2004 a year after the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States.

Adnan Hamad was national coach of Jordan between 2009 and 2013.

Adnan Hamad led them to the quarter-finals of the 2011 Asian Cup and the play-off round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

On 7 February 2014, Adnan Hamad was appointed to coach Baniyas in the UAE Arabian Gulf League.