Adnan Dirjal

Adnan Dirjal
President of Iraq Football Association
Assumed office
14 September 2021
Personal details
Born
Adnan Dirjal Mutar Jasim

(1960-01-26) 26 January 1960 (age 64)
Baghdad, Iraq
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)

Association football career
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1976–1977 Assyrian Sports Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1980 Al-Zawraa
1980–1984 Al-Talaba
1984–1990 Al-Rasheed
International career
1978–1990 Iraq 121[1] (8)
Managerial career
1991–1992 Al-Karkh
1992–1993 Iraq
1993–1994 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1995–1998 Al Wakrah
1999 Al Sadd
1999 Al Shamal
1999–2000 Al Wakrah
2000–2001 Al Arabi
2004 Al Sailiya
2004–2005 Al Wakrah
2007 Al Wakrah
2010–2012 Al Wakrah
2013–2014 Al Wakrah
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adnan Dirjal (Arabic: عدنان درجال مطر; born 26 January 1960 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi former professional footballer, as well as a former national team coach, and former Minister of Youth and Sports.[2] He was one of Iraq's most prominent national team captains, who played as a defender. On 14 September 2021, he became the president of Iraq Football Association.[3]

  1. ^ Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference nst was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "عدنان درجال يفوز برئاسة الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم ويونس محمود نائبا له". Al-Jazeera.