Basim Qasim

Basim Qasim
Personal information
Full name	Basim Qasim Hamdan Al-Suwaid
Date of birth	22 March 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al-Minaa (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–1982	Al-Amana
1982–1984	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1984–1990	Al-Shorta
1990–1991	Al-Amana
International career
1985–1988	Iraq
Managerial career
1991–1992	Al-Shorta Reserves
1992–1994	Al-Shorta (Assist.)
1994	Al-Shorta
1994–1996	Al-Shorta (Assist.)
1996	Al-Shorta
1996	Iraq U20 (Assist.)
1996–1997	Al-Kut
1997	Al-Karkh
1997	Al-Shorta (Assist.)
1997–1998	Salahaddin
1998–1999	Diyala
1999–2001	Duhok
1999–2000	Iraq (Assist.)
2000	Iraq U17
2001	Iraq (Assist.)
2001–2002	Al-Karkh
2002	Al-Shorta
2003	Al-Jaish
2003	Al-Shorta
2003–2004	Al-Wahda
2004–2005	Al-Zawraa
2006	Al Urooba
2007	Al-Ahli
2007–2011	Duhok
2011	Zakho
2011–2012	Al-Shorta
2012–2013	Al-Sulaymaniya
2013–2014	Al-Naft
2014	Duhok
2015–2016	Al-Zawraa
2016–2017	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2017	→ Iraq (loan)
2017–2018	Iraq
2018–2019	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2019	Al-Naft
2019–2020	Al-Zawraa
2021–2022	Al-Naft
2022–2023	Al-Minaa
2023–2024	Al-Naft
2024–	Al-Talaba SC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Basim Qasim Hamdan Al-Suwaid (Arabic: باسم قاسم; born 22 March 1963) is an Iraqi football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Al-Talaba SC.

He was a defender in his playing days, also capable of playing in midfield, and he played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.^[1]^[2] He spent most of his playing career at Iraqi club Al-Shorta.^[3]

He has won multiple major honours as a coach, including three Iraqi Premier League titles, one Umm al-Ma'arik Championship title, one Yemeni League title and two AFC Cup titles.

Managerial statistics

As of 1 November 2022

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Diyala FC		1998	1999	30	10	12	8	033.33
Al-Wehda		31 October 2003	15 May 2004	22	11	4	7	050.00
Al-Zawraa		21 October 2004	17 May 2005	26	17	6	3	065.38
Al Urooba		22 July 2006	14 October 2006	5	0	0	5	000.00
Al-Ahli		January 2007	12 August 2007	34	16	14	4	047.06
Duhok SC		5 September 2007	6 February 2011	106	64	25	17	060.38
Zakho FC		20 March 2011	2 August 2011	12	8	2	2	066.67
Al-Shorta		25 October 2011	26 August 2012	34	15	11	8	044.12
Sulaymaniyah		2 December 2012	24 September 2013	30	11	6	13	036.67
Al-Naft		6 September 2013	5 June 2014	22	7	6	9	031.82
Duhok SC		20 August 2014	5 December 2014	5	4	0	1	080.00
Al-Zawraa		21 July 2015	9 June 2016	31	20	9	2	064.52
Al-Jawiya		5 July 2016	15 August 2017	51	32	18	1	062.75
Iraq		22 May 2017	4 August 2018	17	8	8	1	047.06
Al-Jawiya		10 August 2018	3 March 2019	33	19	8	6	057.58
Al-Naft		13 March 2019	24 July 2019	20	10	6	4	050.0
Al-Zawraa		20 September 2019	30 December 2020	47	23	17	7	048.94
Al-Naft		26 March 2021	4 July 2022	58	22	25	11	037.9
Al-Minaa SC		13 August 2022	Present	1	1	0	0	100.00
Total				584	298	177	109	051.03