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Saadi Toma
Personal information
Full name Saadi Toma Jirjes
Date of birth (1955-04-25) 25 April 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1986 Al Quwa Al Jawiya
International career
1979–1986 Iraq 11
Managerial career
1989–1990 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya U-16
1990–1991 Assistant manager Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Karkh
Al-Ramadi
Al-Talaba
Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli Aley
Al-Taliya
assistant manager Iraq
2005–2007 assistant manager Iraq U-23
2010–2011 Zakho FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Saadi Toma Jirjes (Syriac: ܣܥܕܝ ܬܐܘܡܐ) (born 25 April 1955) is an Iraqi former football player and coach.

He played during his professional career at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and made 10 appearances with the Iraqi national team. He Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. 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.[1]

Saadi Toma made headlines by refusing to return to Iraq and applying for asylum in Australia after a match against the Australian U-23 national team.[2]

He returned to Iraq and managed in 2010 as a manager of Zakho FC before resigning indefinitely for medical reasons.[3]

References

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  1. ^ الصفار, كمال. سعدي توما يفتح قلبه بعد عامين من الصمت ويكشف الأسرار (in Arabic). Ankawa.com. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  2. ^ Salaheddin, Sinan (19 November 2007). "Three players and assistant coach of Iraq's Olympic soccer team seek asylum in Australia". USA Today. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  3. ^ الملاعب: باسم قاسم يقود كرة زاخو (in Arabic). Al-Itihad. Retrieved 14 November 2011.