Ayoub Odisho

Ayoub Odisho
Personal information
Full name	Ayoub Odisho Barjam
Date of birth	15 December 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Habbaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Manager)
Youth career
1976–1977	Al-Athori
Senior career*
Years	Team
1977–1991	Al-Talaba
International career
1979–1987	Iraq
Managerial career
1991–1992	Al-Talaba (assistant)
1992–1993	Al-Talaba
1993–1995	Al-Talaba
1996	Al-Talaba
1996–1997	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1997	Iraq
1997	Al-Shorta
1997–1998	Al-Talaba
1998	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2000	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
	Salam Zgharta
	Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli Aley
	Al-Safa'
2009–2010	Al-Jaish
2010–2011	Erbil
2012–2013	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2013–2015	Erbil
2015–2017	Al-Talaba
2017	Naft Al-Wasat
2017–2019	Al-Zawraa
2019–	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ayoub Odisho Barjam (Template:Lang-ar; born 15 December 1960), is an Iraqi Assyrian former football player and coach of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the Iraqi Premier League.

Football career

Playing

Ayoub was a tough tackling full-back, who played for Al-Talaba during a playing career that spanned 14 years. The right-sided defender joined the Students club in 1976, making his debut in a 1–0 win over Al-Shurta a year later. The defender, was one of the best defenders in the Iraqi league during the 1980s. He played alongside the likes of Hussein Saeed, Wathiq Aswad, Ali Hussein Shihab, Haris Mohammed and Adnan Dirjal during his career with the great club, helping Al-Talaba to three league titles in 1981, 1982 and 1986.

He made his international debut on 9 February 1979 in the 1-1 draw with East Germany in a friendly game in Baghdad and went on to make 38 appearances for Iraq, including playing at the 1982 Gulf Cup in the UAE and the Asian Games victory in New Delhi that same year but due to injuries a year on he lost his place in the side to Khalil Allawi. He made his last international appearance in a friendly with Bahrain in 1987.

Coaching

Odisho after retiring in 1991, he went on to coach Al-Talaba and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, leading Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya to four trophies in the 1996–97 season. He infamously gave an interview at the end of the 1997–98 Iraqi League season telling the cameras how happy he was that Al-Quwa Al Jawiya had won the league title, but midway through the interview he announcer announced that Al-Shorta had won the league with a last minute goal and Odisho stood with a shocked, distraught face. The coach also had a lengthy spell in Lebanon managing Salam Zgharta, Al-Akhaa Ahli Aley and Safa FC. His last coaching job was at Arbil, which he stood down from in late 2011.

Since begin 2012, he is the new coach of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.

In October 2013, Odisho was appointed Erbil SC coach for his second stint with the club.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

On 23 August 2017, Odisho took lead of Al-Zawra'a SC for two seasons. He led them in 62 games, winning 39 of them and winning the Iraqi league and the Iraqi super cup after a big game against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. Odisho then left the team because of problems with the fans, and results went down to sign for the rival Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya on March 15, 2019. A big change which made Al-Zawra'a SC fans mad at him.

Managerial statistics

As of 8 March 2020

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Iraq		June 1997	June 1997	2	1	0	1	050.00
Al-Jaish		8 July 2009	7 May 2010	34	21	6	7	061.76
Erbil SC		15 June 2010	29 December 2011	83	53	17	13	063.86
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya		6 March 2012	25 March 2013	40	20	10	10	050.00
Erbil SC		8 September 2013	25 April 2015	54	27	16	11	050.00
Al-Talaba		6 June 2015	8 March 2017	45	19	16	10	042.22
Naft Al-Wasat		15 March 2017	2 June 2017	8	4	3	1	050.00
Al-Zawraa		23 August 2017	22 February 2019	73	46	23	4	063.01
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya		15 March 2019	""Present""	53	36	13	4	067.92
Total				392	227	104	61	057.91