| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adnan Hamad Majid Al-Abbassi | ||
| Date of birth | (1961-02-01)1 February 1961 (age 64) | ||
| Place of birth | Samarra,Iraq | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Orobah (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1982 | Samaraa | ||
| 1982–1983 | Salahaddin | ||
| 1983–1988 | Al-Zawraa | ||
| 1988–1989 | Al-Talaba | ||
| 1989–1990 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | ||
| 1990–1992 | Al-Zawraa | ||
| 1992–1994 | Samaraa | ||
| International career | |||
| 1982–1986 | Iraq | 17 | (6) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1994–1996 | Al-Zawraa (youth) | ||
| 1996–1998 | Al-Zawraa | ||
| 1997–1998 | Iraq U20 | ||
| 1998–1999 | Dubai | ||
| 1999–2001 | Al-Zawraa | ||
| 2000 | Iraq | ||
| 2000–2001 | Iraq U20 | ||
| 2001 | Iraq | ||
| 2001–2002 | Al-Zawraa | ||
| 2002 | Iraq | ||
| 2003–2004 | Iraq U23 | ||
| 2003–2004 | Al-Zawraa | ||
| 2004 | Lebanon | ||
| 2004 | Iraq | ||
| 2005–2006 | Al-Ansar | ||
| 2006–2008 | Al-Faisaly | ||
| 2008 | Iraq | ||
| 2009–2013 | Jordan | ||
| 2014 | Bani Yas | ||
| 2014 | Bahrain | ||
| 2016–2017 | Al-Wehdat | ||
| 2021–2023 | Jordan | ||
| 2025– | Al-Orobah | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Adnan Hamad Majid Al-Abbassi (Arabic:عَدْنَان حَمَد مَاجِد الْعَبَّاسِيّ; born 1 February 1961) is anIraqifootballmanager and former player, who is the head coach ofSaudi Pro League clubAl-Orobah.
Adnan was born inSamarra,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 coachWathiq Naji to join the Salah-Al-Deen club, where he spending only one season with Salah-Al-Deen club which they won theIraq Super League cup of the 1982–83 season.
Yugoslav coach Miodgard Stankovic known as Aba later called the young Adnan into theIraq Under-19 team. later he moved toBaghdad and signed forAl-Zawraa. In 1984, he was called up byAmmo Baba to the Iraq national football team for the 1984Gulf Cup. He later went on to make over 20 appearances for the national team winning the 1985Pan-Arab Games & and 1985Arab Cup. He also played forAl-Talaba andAl-Tayaran club teams in Iraq.
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 ofAl-Zawraa and was assistant coach of the Iraq national football team to Yahya Alwan during the1996 AFC Asian Cup in theUnited 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 2000West Asian Football Federation Championship inAmman. He was then replaced byMilan Zivadinovic only two months before the2000 AFC Asian Cup inLebanon.
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 the2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers before he was replaced by CroatianRudolf Belin after two consecutive defeats toBahrain andSaudi Arabia in the opening three matches of the tournament.
His third period as coach of Iraq came in 2002 when he helpedIraq to theWAFF Championship win inDamascus with a dramatic 3–2 win overJordan in extra-time before being replaced with the GermanBernd Stange. Hamad had a short stint as manager of the Lebanon national team between 22 January 2004 and 8 February 2004.[1] He regained his position as coach of Iraq whenBernd Stange left in 2004 a year after the2003 invasion of Iraq by theUnited States.
He was national coach ofJordan between 2009 and 2013. He led them to the quarter-finals of the2011 Asian Cup and the play-off round of the2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. On 7 February 2014, Hamad was appointed to coachBaniyas in theUAE Arabian Gulf League.[2] On 6 August 2014, Hamed was appointed to coachBahrain on a two-year contract.[3] He later coachedAl-Wehdat in 2016–2017.
On 16 June 2021, he was reappointed as the head coach of Jordan,[4] a position he held until the end of his contract in June 2023.[5] On 10 January 2025, he became the manager of Saudi clubAl-Orobah.[6]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
 Iraq | January 2000 | September 2000 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 042.86 |
| Iraq U20 | November 2000 | June 2001 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 044.44 |
| Iraq | January 2001 | September 2001 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 038.46 |
| Iraq | January 2002 | September 2002 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Al-Zawraa | October 2002 | March 2003 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 062.07 |
| Iraq U23 | September 2003 | April 2004 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 050.00 |
 Iraq | April 2004 | January 2005 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 038.89 |
 Lebanon | January 2004 | February 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— |
 Al-Ansar | 2005 | 2006 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 004.35 |
 Al-Faisaly | 2006 | 2008 | 100 | 53 | 30 | 17 | 053.00 |
 Iraq | March 2008 | June 2008 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 025.00 |
| Jordan | February 2009 | June 2013 | 68 | 28 | 19 | 21 | 041.18 |
 Bani Yas | February 2014 | May 2014 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 020.00 |
 Bahrain | August 2014 | November 2014 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 033.33 |
| Al-Wehdat | June 2016 | May 2017 | 39 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 046.15 |
| Jordan | June 2021 | June 2023 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 069.57 |
| Total | 377 | 175 | 94 | 108 | 046.42 | ||
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