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Adil Basher (1 January 1926 – 9 October 1978), was an Iraqi football player and coach that led Iraq to the 1964 and 1966 Arab Cup.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adil Basher | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Mosul, Iraq | ||
| Date of death | 9 October 1978 (aged 52) | ||
| Place of death | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1962–1964 | Iraq | ||
| 1966 | Iraq | ||
| 1971–1972 | Iraq | ||
Born in Mosul in 1927, Adil Basher completed his primary and secondary education in the northern Iraqi city before moving to Baghdad to enroll at the Military College (Kuliya Al-Askariya), where he played for their football team as a defender. He graduated in 1951 and was one of the players that made a quest appearance for Haris Al-Maliki against Pakistan in 1950. He continued his career after leaving Kuliya Al-Askariya in 1954 in a player-coach role at army teams Al-Farqa Al-Thaniya and Al-Farqa Al-Thalatha.
Adil traveled to England in 1954 where he earned a coaching badge at a training course in Lilleshall, and returned to Baghdad in time to represent Iraq at the 1955 Asian Military Games in Tehran.
Standing well over 6 ft, the defender was a formidable opponent but had more success as a coach than he ever had as a player.
He later turned to coaching in the late 1950s and was named coach of the military team in 1960 and eventually national coach in 1964.[1][2][3]
References
edit- ^ Mubarak, Hassanin. "Three years of Iraqi football history Part 1". Iraqi Kooora Forums.
- ^ Mubarak, Hassanin. "Three years of Iraqi football history Part 2". Iraqi Kooora Forums.
- ^ Mubarak, Hassanin. "Three years of Iraqi football history Part 2". Iraqi Kooora Forums.
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