Jamil Hanoon

Jamil Hanoon was called by Croatian coach Ljubomir Kokeza to play in the 1969 Jaam-e-Doosti Friendship Cup in Iran. On 7 March 1969, he played his debut with Iraq against Iran in a fully international match that ended 2–1 for Iran.^[1]

In 1977 Hanoon started training with his club Al-Minaa, which he retired from, and in the Iraqi Premier League in the 1977-1978 season after former coach Faleh Hassan Wasfi failed to win the first two games and resigned. Hanoon led Al-Minaa team in a series of excellent results and won the league title in that season without any loss.^[2]

In 1984, he began coaching Al-Bahri in the Second Division, and a year later, he won the title and promoted the team to the Premier League.^[3]

His father, Hanoon Matar, was a striker for Al-Minaa in the 1940s and passed on his love of football to his four sons: Jamil, Jalil, Jabbar, and Saadi. Jamil is the older brother of international player and coach Jalil Hanoon. His two brothers also played football: Jabbar Hanoon, who played for a military team participating in the Army League, and Saadi Hanoon, who played for a local team in his hometown of Basra.^[4]