Adel Khudhair

Adel Khudhair
Personal information
Full name	Adel Khodhor Hafedh
Date of birth	1 July 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Basra, Iraq
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1970–1972	Al-Mina'a
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1974	Al-Mina'a
1974–1976	Al-Jaish
1976–1982	Al-Zawraa
1982–1984	Al-Shabab
International career
1980	Iraq U-23
1975–1982	Iraq
Managerial career
1994	Maysan
2003	Karbalaa
2003–2004	Al-Malkiya
2004–2005	Al-Tadhamon
2005–2006	Al-Ettifaq
2008–2009	East Riffa
2009–2010	Al-Malkiya
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adel Khodhor Hafedh Al-Musawi better known as Adel Khudhair (Arabic: عادل خضيّر , (born 1 July 1954 in Basra) is a coach and former international Iraqi football player, he played as a midfielder.

International posts

Khudhair appeared at the World Military Cup 1977, and also played in the Moscow Olympics in 1980. He played in The 5th Gulf Cup of Nations 1979 and scored two goals, the first goal against Emirates, and the second against Oman.^[1]

Political aspect

In 1982, the Iraqi Ba'athist government overthrew Khudhair out the national team after they learned that his brother (Shaker) belonged to the Dawa party. His brother was then assassinated with his son (Mahmoud) by the government and Khudhair was subsequently placed under house arrest.^[2]

After the outbreak of the 1991 uprising in Basra, Khudhair took part in a military operation and was seriously injured. He was taken to Kuwait, then to Iran and treated in hospital. And then returned to join the Iraqi opposition front through Patriotic Union of Kurdistan until the 2003 invasion of Iraq.^[3]

Coaching career

Since 2003, Khudhair has been a professional coach in Bahrain, where he has trained many Bahraini clubs and achieved excellent results with them, including Al-Malkiya, Al-Ettifaq, Al-Tadhamon and East Riffa Club.^[4]