Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hakeem Shaker | ||
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 | ||
1996 | Samarra | ||
1997–2001 | Al-Difaa Al-Jawi | ||
2000–2001 | Iraq U-17 | ||
2002–2003 | Erbil | ||
2003–2005 | Estiqlal Baghdad | ||
2006–2008 | Iraq U-20 | ||
2007–2009 | Ararat | ||
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– | Al-Suwaiq | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Hakeem Shaker Al-Azzawi (Arabic: حكيم شاكر فليح العزاوي, born January 7, 1963 in Baghdad, Iraq) nicknamed as (Al-Hakeem, Arabic: الحكيم) which literally meaning Man of Wisdom, is a former Iraqi football player and manager of Oman Professional League club Al-Suwaiq. 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.
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 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations 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.