Basim Qasim

Basim Qasim
Personal information
Full name Basim Qasim Hamdan Al-Suwaid
Date of birth (1963-03-22) 22 March 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team
Al-Minaa (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1982 Al-Amana
1982–1984 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1984–1990 Al-Shorta
1990–1991 Al-Amana
International career
1985–1988 Iraq 18 (0)
Managerial career
1991–1992 Al-Shorta Reserves
1992–1994 Al-Shorta (Assist.)
1994 Al-Shorta
1994–1996 Al-Shorta (Assist.)
1996 Al-Shorta
1996 Iraq U20 (Assist.)
1996–1997 Al-Kut
1997 Al-Karkh
1997 Al-Shorta (Assist.)
1997–1998 Salahaddin
1998–1999 Diyala
1999–2001 Duhok
1999–2000 Iraq (Assist.)
2000 Iraq U17
2001 Iraq (Assist.)
2001–2002 Al-Karkh
2002 Al-Shorta
2003 Al-Jaish
2003 Al-Shorta
2003–2004 Al-Wahda
2004–2005 Al-Zawraa
2006 Al Urooba
2007 Al-Ahli
2007–2011 Duhok
2011 Zakho
2011–2012 Al-Shorta
2012–2013 Al-Sulaymaniya
2013–2014 Al-Naft
2014 Duhok
2015–2016 Al-Zawraa
2016–2017 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2017Iraq (loan)
2017–2018 Iraq
2018–2019 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2019 Al-Naft
2019–2020 Al-Zawraa
2021–2022 Al-Naft
2022–2023 Al-Minaa
2023–2024 Al-Naft
2024– Al-Talaba SC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Basim Qasim Hamdan Al-Suwaid (Arabic: باسم قاسم; born 22 March 1963) is an Iraqi football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Al-Talaba SC.

He was a defender in his playing days, also capable of playing in midfield, and he played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.[1][2] He spent most of his playing career at Iraqi club Al-Shorta.[3]

He has won multiple major honours as a coach, including three Iraqi Premier League titles, one Umm al-Ma'arik Championship title, one Yemeni League title and two AFC Cup titles.

  1. ^ Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2001.
  2. ^ 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico Archived October 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Al-Shorta SC: Greatest 50 Players