Luay Salah
Luay Salah Hassan (Arabic: لؤي صلاح حسن, born February 7, 1982, in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi former football player. He played for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Zawraa, Persepolis and Erbil.[1] He scored 121 Iraqi Premier League goals in his career.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Luay Salah Hassan Al-Khafaji | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1982 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Second striker, Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Kahrabaa (Manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | (9) | |||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Al-Zawraa | (3) | |||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | (19) | |||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Persepolis | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2015 | Erbil | (80) | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Al-Zawraa | (10) | |||||||||||||||
| Total | – | (122) | |||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2012 | Iraq | 23 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Assist. coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Naft Al-Wasat (Assist. coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Naft Al-Wasat (Caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Erbil SC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Al-Kahrabaa | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 July 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
Info edit
After helping Al Quwa Al Jawiya to the Iraq league title in 2005, Louay Salah Hassan moved to Iran Pro League side Persepolis the following season. The 25-year-old striker gained AFC Champions League experience with Al Quwa Al Jawiya in 2004, scoring a goal against Al Sadd. He was part of the Iraq national team which won the gold medal in the West Asian Games in 2005.
Salah excelled at club level, scoring ten times to steer Arbil FC to the Iraqi league championship in the 2007/08 season, an achievement that earned the club a place at this year's AFC Cup.
At the continental level he netted two goals in the ensuing AFC Cup to steer Arbil FC through to the last 16. In the all-Iraqi affair against compatriots Al Zawra'a, he was again on target as his club emerged 3-1 winners to book a place in the quarter-finals.
The 27-year-old's scoring did not go unnoticed by the newly appointed Iraq coach Bora Miluntinovic, who rewarded him with a place in Iraq's FIFA Confederation Cup squad.
International goals edit
- Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 23 November 2002 | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha | Bahrain | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly match |
| 2 | 1 December 2005 | Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan | Palestine | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2005 West Asian Games |
| 3 | 8 December 2005 | Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2005 West Asian Games |
| 4 | 10 July 2009 | Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil | Palestine | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly match |
Coaching career edit
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya edit
Luay Salah started as an assistant coach to Ayoub Odisho in Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in march of 2019.[2]
Managerial statistics edit
- As of match played 16 July 2022
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
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| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Naft Al-Wasat SC (Caretaker) | 19 January 2021 | 21 January 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Erbil SC | 11 February 2021 | 15 May 2021 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 28.6 | |
| Al-Kahrabaa FC | 9 August 2021 | ""Present"" | 43 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 37.2 | |
| Total | 58 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 34.5 | — | ||
Honours edit
Club edit
Country edit
- 2005 West Asian Games Gold medallist.
- 2007 Asian Cup winner
- 2012 Arab Nations Cup Bronze medallist
As a Manager edit
- Iraq FA Cup runners-up: 2021–22
References edit
- ^ Mubarak, Hassanin (3 May 2016). "Issued Ids Prove Iraq Fa Fielded Overaged Youth Side In 2000". iraqsport.wordpress.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ "بانتظار الاعلان الرسمي.. أوديشو مدرباً للقوة الجوية" [Awaiting the official announcement ... Odisho is an Air Force trainer]. Alsumaria news (in Arabic). 8 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
External links edit
- Luay Salah at National-Football-Teams.com