Iraqi-Assyrian footballer
Saadi Toma Jirjes (Syriac: ܣܥܕܝ ܬܐܘܡܐ) (born 25 April 1955) is an Iraqi former football player and coach.
He played during his professional career at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and made 10 appearances with the Iraqi national team.
He Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. He also trained a number of Iraqi and Arab football clubs. and was an assistant coach to both the national and the U-23 football Iraqi squads.[1]
Saadi Toma made headlines by refusing to return to Iraq and applying for asylum in Australia after a match against the Australian U-23 national team.[2]
He returned to Iraq and managed in 2010 as a manager of Zakho FC before resigning indefinitely for medical reasons.[3]
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