Jalil Shihab

Who is Jalil Shihab?

Jalil Shihab was a former Iraq national player and coach.

He became the first Iraqi to have played and coached the full national side when he was appointed to be the head coach of the national side in 1967. He took charge of the Iraq national team at the 1967 Fairs' Cup in Tripoli, lifting the cup ahead of hosts Libya and Sudan.

Jalil had played most of his career at left back or left centre back at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the 50s and early 60s, and went onto coach Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Bareed, the Baghdad Youth XI, Iraq Army Youth XI and Al-Farqa Al-Thalatha during his career.