Jamil Hanoon

Jamil Hanoon
Personal information
Full name	Jamil Hanoon Matar Al-Asadi
Date of birth	1 July 1942 (age 83)
Place of birth	Basra, Iraq
Senior career*
Years	Team
1960–1976	Al-Mina'a
International career
1969	Iraq
Managerial career
1977–1978	Al-Minaa
1980–1983	Al-Minaa
1984–1991	Al-Bahri
1992–1993	Al-Minaa
1998–1999	Al-Bahri
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jamil Hanoon (Arabic: جَمِيل حَنُّون , born 1 July 1942) is a coach and former international Iraqi football player, he also played for Al-Minaa.^[1]

International career

Jamil Hanoon was called by Croatian coach Ljubomir Kokeza to play in the 1969 Jaam-e-Doosti Friendship Cup in Iran. On 7 March 1969, he played his debut with Iraq against Iran in a fully international match that ended 2–1 for Iran.^[1]

Managerial career

In 1977 Hanoon started training with his club Al-Minaa, which he retired from, and in the Iraqi Premier League in the 1977-1978 season after former coach Faleh Hassan Wasfi failed to win the first two games and resigned. Hanoon led Al-Minaa team in a series of excellent results and won the league title in that season without any loss.^[2]

In 1984, he began coaching Al-Bahri in the Second Division, and a year later, he won the title and promoted the team to the Premier League.^[3]

Personal life

His father, Hanoon Matar, was a striker for Al-Minaa in the 1940s and passed on his love of football to his four sons: Jamil, Jalil, Jabbar, and Saadi. Jamil is the older brother of international player and coach Jalil Hanoon. His two brothers also played football: Jabbar Hanoon, who played for a military team participating in the Army League, and Saadi Hanoon, who played for a local team in his hometown of Basra.^[4]

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Al-Minaa		16 October 1977	27 March 1978	13	10	3	0	076.92
Al-Minaa		1 September 1980	27 March 1983	55	11	17	27	020.00
Al-Minaa		3 August 1992	1 July 1993	69	21	28	20	030.43
Total				137	42	48	47	030.66