Iraqi football community lost one of the brightest symbols, and the myth of training and trainers with the Sheikh Baba, who died Saturday night in a hospital in Dohuk Governorate
Of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, where he underwent medical tests are routine. And the funeral procession with the Pope in the official and popular yesterday was attended by thousands.
Sheikh Baba (75 years) for most Iraqi is known for his role in shaping the great legacy of football in Iraq as a player and coach, his real name is Emmanuel Daoud, died at a hospital in the city of Dohuk after the introduction to his fallen ill after leaving the hospital a few days ago and it underwent a routine medical check-ups there. The hospital the Kurdistan region of Iraq, He underwent two years ago to a hospital in the Jordanian capital of Amman to more than once, for surgery to remove a number of toes due to diabetes and then traveled to France for medical treatment there. since the beginning of this year to health crises have been more attacks by its predecessors, during his presence early this year, the Gulf Cup in his home, was admitted to a hospital after his health deteriorated and then returned to Iraq more than two months ago. Three weeks ago, he left Baghdad to Dohuk for treatment, but suddenly introduced to the intensive care unit after complications in the heart led to his admission, but soon left to appear in the court of the city’s health better.
Ould Cheikh trained Iraqis in Baghdad with him in the twenty-seventh of November 1934 and was sports commentators months in Iraq, the late Ismail Mohamed title him «Uncle Baba» after he drew attention to the talents and abilities of early career. He stayed Habbaniyah of Anbar province, as there is work in the army air bases in one year, 1955 and returned to Baghdad to join the team and the Royal Guard, the Iraqi army is a team for the first time to Egypt’s military.
One of the most popular players and the time of Iraq’s leading scorer and first-class striker phenomenon seen in the history of the national team after he left his mark in attack and scoring since the first appearance for his country in the Arabic in Beirut and then with the Olympic team in the qualifying session of Rome 1960. The last stations of training with the team in the junior Asia Cup in 2000 in Jordan.
in his training track with the team’s supervisor – the training and education so strict with the players and the fatigue has become a source of concern for them, despite the great pride of his character, known as Papa B_khasomath acute with the President of the European Olympic Committee and a former Iraqi football, son of the former regime, Uday Saddam Hussein is being boycotted by his views on the overall aspects of the training led to many methods of fighting it was not shake the mental Sheikh trainers. Despite the discounts, the granting of the former Iraqi trainers with the Sheikh Baba and the Order of the recognition of his career, which is the only coach who receive this high honor. It also granted the title of 2000 «coach twentieth century» and led the Iraqi team won the Gulf Cup three times out of four participants in which the Pope led his team in this tournament, and won with a golden soccer competition at the Asian Games in India in 1982 and obtained World military champion in Kuwait in 1979 and led his team in the finals of the Olympic soccer competition in three sessions, respectively, in Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul in 1988, in addition to the training squad at the Jordan Arab Cup valuable year 1988. One of the most terminals training with his team’s World Cup in 1990, as well as in the 1994 World Cup qualifiers and the nations of Asia 1996. He led the late Pope with some of the big clubs such as Zawra and the Air Force, students and the club good, which is now the club has achieved with the Karkh and tournament titles. It was behind the emergence of a long series of international stars such as Iraq’s president of the current Iraqi Hussein Saeed, Adnan Karim Saddam Drjal Ahmed Radhi Radhi Cnichl and Laith Hussein, Habib Jaafar and others. The Pope of the index, led by his team coach in more than 150 games. The last time he appeared in the 21th during his a visit to the stadium, the city of Dohuk, which opened recently, one was established by the Swedish companies and then paid tribute to the him, who was surrounded by hundreds of fans infrastructure in the region.

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