Basim Qasim

Basim Qasim Hamdan

Personal information
Full name	Basim Qasim Hamdan
Date of birth	22 March 1959
Place of birth	Iraq
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Al-Shorta
National team
	Iraq
Teams managed
1993-1994	Al-Shorta
2002	Al-Shorta
2003	Al-Jaish
2003-2004	Al-Shorta
2004	Al-Zawraa
2009-2010	Dohuk FC
2010-2011	Zakho FC
2011-2012	Al-Shorta
2012-2013	Sulaymaniyah FC
2013-2014	Al-Naft
2015-	Al-Zawraa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Basim Qasim Hamdan (born 22 March 1959) is an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.^[1] He also played for Al-Shorta and is the current manager of Al-Zawraa. He managed Duhok to their first ever Iraqi Premier League title in 2010.

He started his football career with Al-Jaish youth team at the age of 14 and then later went on to play for Amana, which featured a number of top young players such as Basil Gorgis, Natiq Hashim and Karim Allawi.

Basim played at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico after he was called up by Brazilian coach Evaristo de Macedo to replace injured Adnan Dirjal. The defender played 2 games in the World Cup one as a sub against Paraguay and the other game he was lining up against the hosts Mexico, as a midfielder.^[2] Basim is in the Al Shorta Hall of Fame.^[3]

Managerial statistics

As of 2 April 2016

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Al-Zawraa		21 July 2015	present	24	17	6	1	70.83
Total				24	17	6	1	70.83

References

1. 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico
2. Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2001.
3. Al Shorta SC Hall of Fame

External links

• FIFA profile