Ghazi Fahad
Personal information
Full name Ghazi Fahad Khazaal Al Shammari
Date of birth (1978-11-06) 6 November 1978
Place of birth Basra, Iraq
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al Ain (U21 team head coach)
Youth career
0000–1995 Al-Rafidain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Al-Zubair
1996–2001 Al-Minaa
2001–2002 Duhok
2002–2003 Al-Zawraa
2004–2005 Al-Minaa
2006–2007 Duhok
International career
2002 Iraq 5 (0)
Managerial career
2007– Al Ain (U21 team head coach)
2013 Al-Minaa (caretaker)
2017 Al-Minaa (caretaker)
2019–2020 Al Ain (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ghazi Fahad (Arabic: غازي فهد; born 1978) is a coach and former international Iraqi football player,[1] he played as a midfielder.

Playing career

Ghazi started his playing career at Basra club Al-Zubayr, where he was scouted by Al Minaa manager Hadi Ahmed who signed him for the first team.[2] Ghazi made his debut against Al Quwa Al Jawiya and remained an important player for the club in all four seasons he spent there. Ghazi then moved to Duhok SC for one season playing under Natiq Hashim. The player showed his quality in many matches including one against his former team Al Minaa where he scored.[3] Following his season with Duhok, Ghazi wanted a move to a Baghdad club in order to improve his chance of making the national team, his first choice was Al Quwa Al Jawiya, but he failed to agree to a contract and signed for rivals Al-Zawraa instead.[2] In the Baghdadi club, Ghazi Fahad continued his impressive performances and finally received a call-up to the Iraqi national football team in 2002, where he won the 2002 West Asian Football Federation Championship.[4] Fahad Ghazi returned to Al Minaa and helped the team achieve 2nd place in the 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League.[3] Ghazi returned once again to Duhok SC and spent a season with the Kurdish club. Following their elimination in the second round of the 2006–07 Iraqi Premier League,[5] Ghazi Fahad retired and joined the coaching staff at Al Ain.[2]

Managerial career

Following his retirement, Ghazi joined Al Ain's youth setup as a coach, and was eventually promoted to the head of academy in 2009.[6] As a coach, Ghazi is credited to having scouted and neutered Emirati superstar Omar Abdulrahman.[7][8] In 2013 Al Ain agreed to loan Ghazi Fahad to his boyhood club Al Minaa for six months.[9] Ghazi managed the team for 11 matches, winning five and losing five, while achieving a draw in the remaining one. He cut his time short after only four months due to receiving death threats.[10]

Ghazi returned to coach Al Minaa once again in 2017, replacing Romanian Ion Marin.[11] The Manager led Al Mina'a to a sixth-place finish, winning four of the nine matches he was in charge for. Following his performances as a manager, Al Mina'a signed him on a full-time contract to manage the club for the 2017-18 season.[12] However he resigned before the start of the season due to a dispute with club president Jalil Hanoon.[13]

Managerial statistics

As of 5 January 2020
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Al-Minaa Iraq 22 February 2013 13 May 2013 7 4 0 3 057.14
Al-Minaa Iraq 24 April 2017 4 September 2017 12 5 5 2 041.67
Al Ain (Caretaker) United Arab Emirates 21 December 2019 5 January 2020 3 2 0 1 066.67
Total 22 11 5 6 050.00

Honours

Player

Club

International

References

  1. ↑ "Iraq - Record International Players". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "نجوم في الذاكرة: غازي فهد.. مهندس السَّفانة والنوارس.. ومكتشف "عموري"". www.almadapaper.net.
  3. 1 2 "منتديات كووورة". forum.kooora.com.
  4. ↑ "West Asian Championship (Syria) 2002 - Details". RSSSF.
  5. ↑ "goalzz.com: Live sports scores, news and more". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "غازي فهــد: تدريب الميناء يستحق المجازفة فـي منافسة ملتهبة". almadapaper.net.
  7. ↑ "منتديات كووورة". forum.kooora.com.
  8. ↑ "Myhd Iptv".
  9. ↑ "العين يوافق على إعارة غازي فهد للميناء العراقي". 21 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "الإخبارية - تهديدات بالقتل تبعد غازي فهد من تدريب الميناء البصري وتحزم حقائبه للامارات". www.ikhnews.com.
  11. ↑ "رسميا.. غازي فهد مديرا فنيا للميناء". 9 July 2019.
  12. ↑ "غازي فهد مدربا للميناء".
  13. ↑ "Ghazi Fahad Resigns".
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