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{{Short description|Iraqi football manager and former player (born 1961)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| image = 
| name = Adnan Hamad
| fullname = Adnan Hamad Majid Al-Abbassi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|2|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Samarra]], [[Iraq]]
| height = 
| currentclub = 
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]] 
| years1 = 1978–1982 | clubs1 = [[Samaraa FC|Samaraa]]       | caps1 = | goals1 = 
| years2 = 1982–1983 | clubs2 = [[Salahaddin FC|Salahaddin]] | caps2 = | goals2 = 
| years3 = 1983–1988 | clubs3 = [[Al-Zawraa]]                | caps3 = | goals3 = 
| years4 = 1988–1989 | clubs4 = [[Al-Talaba]]                | caps4 = | goals4 = 
| years5 = 1989–1990 | clubs5 = [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]]               | caps5 = | goals5 = 
| years6 = 1990–1992 | clubs6 = [[Al-Zawraa]]                | caps6 = | goals6 = 
| years7 = 1992–1994 | clubs7 = [[Samaraa FC|Samaraa]]       | caps7 = | goals7 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1982–1986 
| nationalteam1 = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]
| nationalcaps1 = 17 
| nationalgoals1 = 6 
| manageryears1 = 1994–1996  | managerclubs1 = [[Al-Zawraa]] (youth)
| manageryears2 = 1996–1998  | managerclubs2 = [[Al-Zawraa]]
| manageryears3 = 1997–1998  | managerclubs3 = [[Iraq national under-20 football team|Iraq U20]]
| manageryears4 = 1998–1999  | managerclubs4 = [[Dubai Club|Dubai]]
| manageryears5 = 1999–2001  | managerclubs5 = [[Al-Zawraa]]
| manageryears6 = 2000       | managerclubs6 = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]
| manageryears7 = 2000–2001  | managerclubs7 = [[Iraq national under-20 football team|Iraq U20]]
| manageryears8 = 2001       | managerclubs8 = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]
| manageryears10 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs10 = [[Al-Zawraa]] 
| manageryears11 = 2002      | managerclubs11 = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] 
| manageryears12 = 2003–2004 | managerclubs12 = [[Iraq national under-23 football team|Iraq U23]]
| manageryears13 = 2003–2004 | managerclubs13 = [[Al-Zawraa]]
| manageryears14 = 2004      | managerclubs14 = [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]]
| manageryears15 = 2004      | managerclubs15 = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]
| manageryears16 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs16 = [[Al-Ansar (Saudi Arabia)|Al-Ansar]]
| manageryears17 = 2006–2008 | managerclubs17 = [[Al-Faisaly (Amman)|Al-Faisaly]]
| manageryears18 = 2008      | managerclubs18 = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] 
| manageryears19 = 2009–2013 | managerclubs19 = [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]]
| manageryears20 = 2014      | managerclubs20 = [[Bani Yas SC|Bani Yas]]
| manageryears21 = 2014      | managerclubs21 = [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]]
| manageryears22 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs22 = [[Al-Wehdat SC|Al-Wehdat]]
| manageryears23 = 2021–2023 | managerclubs23 = [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]]
| manageryears24 = 2025      | managerclubs24 = [[Al-Orobah F.C.|Al-Orobah]]
}}
'''Adnan Hamad Majid Al-Abbassi''' ({{langx|ar|عَدْنَان حَمَد مَاجِد الْعَبَّاسِيّ}}; born 1 February 1961) is an [[Iraqi people|Iraqi]] [[football (soccer)|football]] [[Coach (sport)|manager]] and former player, who last managed [[Saudi Pro League]] club [[Al-Orobah F.C.|Al-Orobah]].

==Career==
===Playing career===
Adnan was born in [[Samarra]], [[Iraq]], the son of a wealthy land-owning family.  Hed started his career with the Samarra in 1975 juniors at the age of 14 before. In 1982 Adnan was called up by the famous Iraq national coach [[Wathiq Naji]] to join the Salah-Al-Deen club, where he spending only one season with Salah-Al-Deen club which they won the [[Iraq Super League]] cup of the  1982–83 season.<br />Yugoslav coach Miodgard Stankovic known as Aba later called the young Adnan into the [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] Under-19 team. later he moved to [[Baghdad]] and signed for [[Al-Zawraa]]. In 1984, he was called up by [[Ammo Baba]] to the Iraq national football team for the 1984 [[Gulf Cup of Nations|Gulf Cup]]. He later went on to make over 20 appearances for the national team winning the 1985 [[Pan-Arab Games]] & and 1985 [[Arab Cup]]. He also played for [[Al-Talaba]] and [[Al-Tayaran]] club teams in Iraq.

===Managerial career===
After being plagued by injuries during the latter parts of his career, he went into coaching and managed his home club Samarra in a player-coach role in the 1992–93 season. During this time he also managed to score 33 goals for the club. He later became the coach of [[Al-Zawraa]] and was assistant coach of the Iraq national football team to Yahya Alwan during the [[1996 AFC Asian Cup]] in the [[United Arab Emirates]].

Hamad spent time in Europe studying coaching techniques before coaching abroad in the UAE with Dubai SC. He first coached the Iraq national team in February 2000 and led the team to third place at the 2000 [[West Asian Football Federation]] Championship in [[Amman]]. He was then replaced by [[Milan Zivadinovic]] only two months before the [[2000 AFC Asian Cup]] in [[Lebanon]].

Adnan was back as the national coach of Iraq for the second time a year later after Milan Zivadinovic was sacked. Hamad led Iraq to the second round of the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] qualifiers before he was replaced by Croatian [[Rudolf Belin]] after two consecutive defeats to [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]] and [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] in the opening three matches of the tournament.

His third period as coach of Iraq came in 2002 when he helped [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] to the [[West Asian Football Federation|WAFF]] Championship win in [[Damascus]] with a dramatic 3–2 win over [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]] in extra-time before being replaced with the German [[Bernd Stange]]. Hamad had a short stint as manager of the Lebanon national team between 22 January 2004 and 8 February 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title=لبنان يتخطى البحرين استعدادا لتصفيات كأس العالم|url=https://www.aljazeera.net/sport/2004/2/9/لبنان-يتخطى-البحرين-استعدادا-لتصفيات|access-date=2020-06-12|website=www.aljazeera.net|language=ar}}</ref> He regained his position as coach of Iraq when [[Bernd Stange]] left in 2004 a year after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] by the [[United States]].

He was national coach of [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]] between 2009 and 2013. He led them to the quarter-finals of the [[2011 Asian Cup]] and the play-off round of the [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]]. On 7 February 2014, Hamad was appointed to coach [[Baniyas SC|Baniyas]] in the [[UAE Arabian Gulf League]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/baniyas-players-stand-with-adnan-hamad-ahead-of-al-qadsia|title=Baniyas players stand with Adnan Hamad ahead of Al Qadsia|newspaper=The National|date=7 February 2014|access-date=8 February 2014}}</ref> On 6 August 2014, Hamed was appointed to coach [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]] on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hamad to coach Bahrain squad |url=http://archives.gdnonline.com/NewsDetails.aspx?date=04/07/2015&storyid=383407 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=GDN Online |date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312063620/http://archives.gdnonline.com/NewsDetails.aspx?date=04/07/2015&storyid=383407 |archive-date=12 March 2016}}</ref> He later coached [[Al-Wehdat SC|Al-Wehdat]] in 2016–2017.

On 16 June 2021, he was reappointed as the head coach of Jordan,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.albawaba.com/sport/jordan-national-team-appoints-adnan-hamad-head-coach-1433999 |title=Jordan National Team Appoints Adnan Hamad as Head Coach |website=albawaba.com |date=17 June 2021 }}</ref> a position he held until the end of his contract in June 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1250556 |title=بعد انتهاء عقده.. الاتحاد الأردني يشكر عدنان حمد |publisher=Kooora |language=ar |date=26 June 2023 }}</ref> On 10 January 2025, he became the manager of Saudi club [[Al-Orobah F.C.|Al-Orobah]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spl.com.sa/en/news/516093/al-orobah-appoint-hamad-as-new-head-coach |title=Al Orobah appoint Hamad as new head coach |publisher=Saudi Pro League |date=10 January 2025 }}</ref> In late April of that year, he was dismissed while the club was fighting to avoid relegation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alkhaleej.ae/2025-04-27/إقالة-العراقي-عدنان-حمد-من-قيادة-العروبة-السعودي-5887146/رياضة-عربي/رياضة |title=إقالة العراقي عدنان حمد من قيادة العروبة السعودي |publisher=Al Khaleej |language=ar |date=27 April 2025 }}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|19 June 2023}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]
|align=left|January 2000
|align=left|September 2000
{{WDL|7|3|1|3}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} [[Iraq national under-20 football team|Iraq U20]]
|align=left|November 2000
|align=left|June 2001
{{WDL|9|4|3|2}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]
|align=left|January 2001
|align=left|September 2001
{{WDL|13|5|3|5}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]
|align=left|January 2002
|align=left|September 2002
{{WDL|8|8|0|0}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} [[Al-Zawraa]]
|align=left|October 2002
|align=left|March 2003
{{WDL|29|18|9|2}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} [[Iraq national under-23 football team|Iraq U23]]
|align=left|September 2003
|align=left|April 2004
{{WDL|16|8|1|7}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Iraq|2004}} [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]
|align=left|April 2004
|align=left|January 2005
{{WDL|18|7|2|9}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]]
|align=left|January 2004
|align=left|February 2004
{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Al-Ansar (Saudi Arabia)|Al-Ansar]]
|align=left|2005
|align=left|2006
{{WDL|23|1|6|16}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Al-Faisaly Club (Amman)|Al-Faisaly]]
|align=left|2006
|align=left|2008
{{WDL|100|53|30|17}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]
|align=left|March 2008
|align=left|June 2008
{{WDL|8|2|1|5}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]]
|align=left|February 2009
|align=left|June 2013
{{WDL|68|28|19|21}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Baniyas SC|Bani Yas]]
|align=left|February 2014
|align=left|May 2014
{{WDL|10|2|1|7}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Bahrain}}  [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]]
|align=left|August 2014
|align=left|November 2014
{{WDL|6|2|3|1}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Jordan}}  [[Al-Wehdat SC|Al-Wehdat]]
|align=left|June 2016
|align=left|May 2017
{{WDL|39|18|15|6}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]]
|align=left|June 2021
|align=left|June 2023
{{WDL|23|16|0|7}}
|-
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=middle|Total
{{WDLtot|377|175|94|108}} 
|}

==Honors==
===As manager===
====Club====
'''[[Al-Zawraa]]'''
*[[Iraqi Premier League]]: 1996, 2000
*[[Iraq FA Cup]]: 1996, 2000
*[[Baghdad Championship]]: 1999, 2003
*[[Iraqi Super Cup]]: 1999, 2000

'''[[Al-Faisaly Club (Amman)|Al-Faisaly]]'''
*[[AFC Cup]]: 2006
*[[Jordan FA Shield]]: 2008
*[[Jordan Super Cup]]: 2006

====International====
'''[[Iraq national under-20 football team|Iraq U20]]'''
*[[AFC U-19 Championship]]: 2000

'''[[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]'''
*[[West Asian Football Federation Championship|WAFF]]: 2002

====Individual====
*[[AFC Annual Awards#Coach of the Year|AFC Coach of the Year]]: 2004
*[[Lebanese Premier League Best Coach]]: [[2005–06 Lebanese Premier League|2005–06]]

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230738/http://www.jfa.com.jo/SquadProfile.aspx?lang=ar&SID=7 الاتحاد الاردني لكرة القدم / دولي]

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