Saadi Toma | |
Fullname: | Saadi Toma Jirjes |
Birth Date: | 25 April 1955 |
Birth Place: | Baghdad, Iraq |
Position: | Striker |
Years1: | 1976–1986 |
Clubs1: | Al Quwa Al Jawiya |
Nationalyears1: | 1979–1986 |
Nationalteam1: | Iraq |
Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
Manageryears1: | 1989–1990 |
Manageryears2: | 1990–1991 |
Manageryears10: | 2005–2007 |
Manageryears11: | 2010–2011 |
Managerclubs1: | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya U-16 |
Managerclubs11: | Zakho FC |
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]