Samir Kadhim

Samir Kadhim Hassan is an Iraqi football Defender who played for Iraq in the 1996 Asian Cup. He also played for Al Wakra

Samir Kadhim Hassan
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-12-11) 11 December 1969
Place of birth Iraq
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Al-Diwaniya FC (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Al Wakra
National team
1989–1999 Iraq 2 (0)
Teams managed
2004 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2006 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2008 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2018–2019 Al-Diwaniya FC
2019–2020 Al-Samawa FC
2021– Al-Diwaniya FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Samir was a dominating and aggressive man-marker and a regular for the Iraqi national team during the 1990s. He was a member of Iraq's Asian Youth Championship winning team in 1988 in Doha, Qatar which included goalkeeper Emad Hashim, captain Radhi Shenaishil and attacking midfielder Laith Hussein.

A year later, Samir participated in the World Youth Cup, helping Iraq top a group featuring Argentina, Norway and Spain, but in the 2nd round the Iraqi team lost 2–1 to USA.

Samir was part of the 1998 World Cup campaign that ended when Iraq lost home and away to Kazakhstan. Samir retired from the national team in 1999, 10 years after making his debut.[1]

Coaching career

Daham has managed many teams, Al-Diwaniya FC (Iraq), and is coaching Al-Samawa FC (Iraq) now.

Al Samawa FC

On June 24, 2019, Kadhim was appointed as Al-Samawa FC manager, he had six games left to make the team stay in the Iraqi Premier League. Kadhim had to get a win at least to make the dream come true. That's what happened when Al-Samawa FC won Kadhim's third game 2–1 against Amanat Baghdad which was the main success for Kadhim, he ended the season with one win, three draws and a two loses. On July 30, Samir Kadhim renewed his contract with the Al-Samawa FC after talks with Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya because of some administrative problems.

Managerial statistics
As of match played 21 January 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Al-Diwaniya 17 June 2018 23 August 2018 6 1 3 2 016.7
Al-Samawa 24 June 2019 17 July 2020 17 4 7 6 023.5
Al-Diwaniya 6 January 2021 ""Present"" 4 0 2 2 000.0
Total 27 5 12 10 018.5 —

References
  1. Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2001.
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