Qusay Munir

Qusay Munir

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Qusay Muneer has been one of the revelations after the war, the former attacker turned midfield enforcer had been on the fringes of the Olympic team before the war until Adnan Hamad gave him a chance and handed the 22-year-old player his debut against Syria, Qusay replied with a goal in a convincing 3–1 victory, and has since earned himself a regular place in midfield despite getting himself sent-off only few minutes after scoring the equaliser against Fajr Sepasi F.C. at the 2003 Emir Abdullah Al-Faisal in Abha, Saudi Arabia. Qusay later scored the all-important fourth goal in the 4–1 win over North Korea in Amman; which gave Iraq a place in the last round of the Olympic qualifiers. Shortly after his goal; Qusay was handed his first international call-up by Bernd Stange and took part in Iraq's tour of Australia in Perth and Albany, and came on as a substitute in the first 20 minutes after an injury to Haitham Khadim. Before his inclusion in the Olympic team, Qusay had been playing as a centre forward for Al-Sinaa, in the Iraqi first division, netting six times, and scoring twice more in the Iraqi Cup during the 2002/2003 season before the league was suspended due to the outbreak of war. In March 2003, he moved to the Air Force Club, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, at the end of the war and was praised for his impressive performances in the Iraqi league and the AFC Champions League. Qusay played a short term in Saudi Arabia for Al-Hazem then went to Qatar for Al-Khor before he suffered a…

Managerial career

Qusay Muneer started working towards becoming a football coach shortly after retiring, he obtained his s level C coaching certificate from the AFC in November 2016. He got his first job as a manager when he was appointed by Iraqi First Division League side Al Diwaniyah in March 2017. Qusay impressed in his first stint and finished the season undefeated, winning the Iraqi First Division League title and qualifying to the Iraqi Premier League. He resigned shortly after winning promotion due to "infighting within the management" He is Currently the head coach of Al-Sinaa

Club
Al Hazem SC (2005–2006)
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Qatar SC (2008–2011)
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (2003–2004)
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Sharjah FC (2007–2008)
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Erbil SC (2006–2007)
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Al-Sinaa (1998–2003)
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Al-Khor Sports Club (2004–2005)
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Baghdad FC (2011–2012)
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Erbil SC (2011–2011)
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Qatar SC (2012–2013)
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Baghdad FC (2013–2013)
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Al-Shorta Baghdad (2013–2014)
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Iraq men's national football team (2003–2013)

Legacy

Honours

Player

Erbil

Iraqi Premier League: 2006–07 Qatar SC

Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2009 GCC Champions League runner-up: 2009–10 Iraq

Asian Cup: 2007 West Asian Games: 2005

Manager

Al-Diwaniya

Iraqi First Division League: 2016–17

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Iraqi footballer

Position

midfielder

Extract from Wikipedia

Qusay Muneer Abboodi Al-Hussein is a former footballer and currently head coach of Al-Diwaniya. |Prior to his managerial career Muneer was an acclaimed central midfielder with more than 80 caps for the Iraqi national team, winning the 2007 Asian Cup. Muneer was a well recognised player in the middle east, having played for clubs in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

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