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Saadi Toma

Saadi Toma

Iraqi-Assyrian footballer

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

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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

  1. [1]
    الصفار, كمال. سعدي توما يفتح قلبه بعد عامين من الصمت ويكشف الأسرار (in Arabic). Ankawa.com. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  2. [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. [3]
    الملاعب: باسم قاسم يقود كرة زاخو (in Arabic). Al-Itihad. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
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