Saadi Toma
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 25, 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1976–1986 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | ||
| National team | |||
| 1979–1986 | Iraq | 11 | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 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 | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Saadi Toma (Syriac: ܣܥܕܝ ܬܐܘܡܐ) (born 25 April 1955 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi-Assyrian 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 due to medical reasons.[3]
References
- ↑ الصفار, كمال. سعدي توما يفتح قلبه بعد عامين من الصمت ويكشف الأسرار (in Arabic). Ankawa.com. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ الملاعب: باسم قاسم يقود كرة زاخو (in Arabic). Al-Itihad. Retrieved 14 November 2011.