Anwar Jassam (Arabic: أنور جسام; 1947 – 16 September 2024) was an Iraqi football coach.

Anwar Jassam
Jassam in 2017
Personal information
Full name Anwar Jassam Houbi
Date of birth 1947 (1947)
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Date of death (aged 77)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1971 Sikak Al-Hadeed
Managerial career
1971–1975 Sikak Al-Hadeed
1978–1985 Al-Zawraa
1980 Iraq
1985 Iraq
1988–1989 Al-Naft
1989 Iraq U20
1989–1990 Iraq
1991–1992 Al-Naft
1992–1993 Al-Zawraa
1995–1996 Iraq
1997 Al-Wehdat
2000–2001 Al-Talaba
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jassam won the 1978–79 Iraqi League with Al-Zawraa and also won five Iraq FA Cup titles with them, more than any other manager in the history of the Iraq FA Cup.[1]

Jassam died on 16 September 2024, at the age of 77.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Mubarak, Hassanin (6 October 2006). "Iraq - League Winning Coaches". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "The godfather of the Iraq Cup leaves the world of football silently". dzairsport.net. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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