Essam Hamad

Essam Hamad Salem (born 22 October 1973) is an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 2000 Asian Cup. He also played for Al-Karkh, Al-Taawun, and Al-Zawra.

Essam Hamad Salem
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-10-22) 22 October 1973
Place of birth Iraq
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Amanat Baghdad (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Al-Karkh
1996–1997 Al-Taawun
1997–2003 Al-Zawraa
National team
1996–2000 Iraq 9 (1)
Teams managed
2009–2010 Al-Zawraa
2014–2015 Al-Karkh
2016 Zakho
2016–2017 Al-Zawraa
2018 Al-Talaba
2018– Amanat Baghdad
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He broke into the national team in early 1995. Essam was a regular during U.A.E'96, Lebanon 2000 and the Olympic qualifying campaign in 1996.

He was selected to play for an Asian All-Star team in 2000 by the AFC in the Azadi Stadium in Tehran to commemorate the founding of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The team was managed by Khalil Ibrahim of Saudi Arabia and included Jamal Taha of Lebanon, Jordanian Badran Shaqran, Qatari keeper Mohamad Anyas, South Korean trio Hong Myung-Bo, Yoo Sang-chul and Lee Dong-Gook.

Essam captained the side in the second half and also missed a penalty as the Asian stars were beaten 5–0 by Iran.[1]

Playing Statistics

International goals
Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 September 2000Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China Uzbekistan1–02–0Friendly match

Coaching career

Hamad has managed many teams, Al-Karkh (Iraq), Zakho (Iraq), Al-Zawraa (Iraq), Al-Talaba (Iraq), and is coaching Amanat Baghdad (Iraq) now.

Amanat Baghdad

Essam signed for Amanat Baghdad in December of the 2018-2019 season, after the leave of Thair Ahmed. Essam coached Amanat Baghdad in the second half of the 2018-2019 season. He led the team through good results. The team got the 8th place in the league. The team was struggling in the 1st round with the previous coach, but the coming of Hamad raised the challenge with good performances. In the Iraqi Cup, the team went through the quarter final the knocked out by Al-Zawraa. Essam reached to agreements with the board to stay for another season (2019-2020 season), after negotiations.

Managerial statistics
As of 8 March 2020
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Al-Karkh 19 February 2014 20 October 2015 36 11 11 14 030.56
Zakho 13 July 2016 1 October 2016 5 0 3 2 000.00
Al-Zawra'a 3 November 2016 22 August 2017 44 27 12 5 061.36
Al-Talaba 14 January 2018 29 March 2018 11 4 4 3 036.36
Amanat Baghdad 28 December 2018 ""Present"" 61 21 23 17 034.4
Total 157 64 52 41 040.76

Honours

Manager

References
  1. Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". www.iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2003.
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