Hakeem Shaker
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hakeem Shaker Flayyih Al-Azzawi | ||
Date of birth | 7 January 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
Youth career | |||
1976–1978 | Al-Jaish | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1979 | Al-Amana | ||
1979–1983 | Al-Talaba | ||
1984–1985 | Al-Shorta | ||
Teams managed | |||
1991–1996 | Al-Jaish (assistant until 1993) | ||
1996 | Samarra | ||
1997–2001 | Al-Difaa Al-Jawi | ||
2002–2003 | Erbil | ||
2003–2005 | Estiqlal Baghdad | ||
2005 | Iraq U-20 (assistant) | ||
2006–2007 | Ararat | ||
2008 | Iraq U-20 | ||
2010 | Al-Shorta | ||
2011 | Al-Shorta | ||
2011–2013 | Iraq U-20 | ||
2012–2013 | Iraq U-23 | ||
2012–2013 | Iraq (interim) | ||
2013–2014 | Iraq | ||
2014 | Iraq U-23 | ||
2015 | Al-Shorta | ||
2016–2017 | Al-Suwaiq | ||
2018 | Al-Suwaiq | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Hakeem Shaker (Arabic: حكيم شاكر, born 7 January 1963 in Baghdad, Iraq), is a former Iraqi football player and manager. At some point between late 2012 and early 2013, Hakeem was the first and only Iraqi coach to manage three Iraqi national teams (Iraq senior team, Olympic team and Youth team) at the same time.
Coaching career
In 2011 Hakeem Shaker was appointed as Iraq U-20 coach and he led Iraq to qualify to the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship finals without any loss in the qualifications and reached the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship final undefeated, only to lose to South Korea on Penalty kicks 1-4 after 1-1 draw, leading Iraq to qualify to the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.
In 2012 Hakeem was appointed as Iraq Olympic Team in the same time as being the coach of the Iraq U-20 coach. Hakeem lead the Olympic team to qualify to the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup passing the qualifications without any loss.
In December 2012, after the resignation of Iraq national football team coach Zico, and being one week from the 2012 WAFF Championship kickoff, an emergency call made by Iraq Football Association to appoint Hakeem Shaker to be Iraq national football team temporary coach and caretaker until a new coach would be appointed. Hakeem led Iraq to reach the 2012 WAFF Championship final undefeated but lost the final to Syria 0-1. Later on January 2013, similar scenario occurred when Hakeem led Iraq to the 21st Arabian Gulf Cup finale after 4 Consecutive wins, defeating Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, and Bahrain, but failing to defeat UAE in the final, UAE won in the extra time 1-2.
On January 24, 2013 Hakeem Shaker was supposed to be appointed officially as the Iraq national team head coach and to lead Iraq in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification, however despite the win against Indonesia 1-0 in the first match in the qualifications, on February 8, 2013 Hakeem decided to leave the Iraq first team to another coach and focus on the Iraq U-20 team in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
In the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup Hakeem led Iraq to 4th place for the first time in Iraq history after winning Iraq's group over Chile 2-1, Egypt 2-1, and a draw with England 2-2. Then in the round of 16 Iraq won over Paraguay 1-0, then on quarterfinals won over the Asian champions South Korea on Penalty kicks 5-4 after a draw 3-3. However, in the semifinals Iraq lose on Penalty kicks 6-7 by Uruguay after a draw 1-1. In the 3rd place match Iraq had their first defeat to Ghana 0-3.
On latter half of 2014, failed to win the 2014 Asian Games gold medal after Iraq U23 loss in the semi-finals against North Korea U23 in the 2014 Asian Games Although participated Younis Mahmoud & Salam Shaker and Mahdi Karim and most of the national team players. Then a poor results with two draw in friendly matches against Yemen and Bahrain and a defeat with Peru, and following Iraq defeat to Kuwait & UAE, draw against Oman in 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup, were eliminated in the group stages. Due to this after a run of poor results, the FA decided he sacked on 29 November 2014.[1]
In October 2016, he signed with Oman Professional League team Al-Suwaiq, the club finished 6th in the league that season.[2] On 26 March 2018, he returned to Al-Suwaiq with signing contract. the team was at the top of the league four points clear of the nearest rival before taking over.
Managerial statistics
- As of 25 May 2017
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Estiqlal | ![]() |
October 2004 | May 2005 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25.00 |
Iraq U20 | ![]() |
April 2008 | November 2008 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16.67 |
Al-Shorta | ![]() |
July 2010 | August 2010 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 44.44 |
Al-Shorta | ![]() |
March 2011 | March 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Iraq U20 | ![]() |
October 2011 | July 2013 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 64.71 |
Iraq U23 | ![]() |
June 2012 | July 2012 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00 |
Iraq | ![]() |
December 2012 | February 2013 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 58.33 |
Iraq | ![]() |
September 2013 | November 2014 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 33.33 |
Iraq U23 | ![]() |
January 2014 | October 2014 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 92.31 |
Al-Shorta | ![]() |
July 2015 | October 2015 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33.33 |
Al-Suwaiq | ![]() |
October 2016 | May 2017 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 36.67 |
Al-Suwaiq | ![]() |
10 April 2018 | 3 June 2018 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 61.54 |
Total | 143 | 68 | 34 | 41 | 47.55 |
Managerial honours
Club
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi
- Al-Quds International Championship: 1999
Ararat
- Kurdistan Regional Cup: 2006
Al-Suwaiq
- Sultan Qaboos Cup: 2016-17
- Oman Professional League: 2017-18
International
Iraq U-23