Amer Abdul Wahab

Amer Abdul Wahab

Personal information
Full name	Amer Abdul Wahab Abdul Hussein
Date of birth	(1969-04-17) 17 April 1969
Place of birth	Basra, Iraq
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Al-Minaa (goalkeeper coach)
Youth career
0000–1987	Al-Minaa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1991	Al-Minaa
1991–1996	Al-Zawraa
1996–1997	Riada Wal Adab Club		(1)
1997–1998	Al-Ahed
1998–1999	Racing Beirut
1999–2002	Al-Zawraa
International career
1994	Iraq U23
2000–2001	Iraq	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amer Abdul Wahab (Arabic: عامر عبد الوهاب; born 17 April 1969 in Basra) is a former Iraqi football goalkeeper. He was nicknamed Al Emlak ("The Giant").

Coaching career

In 2002 he got the job of goalkeeper coach for his former club Al-Zawra'a, then went on to goalkeeper coach the Iraq national football team at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, then goalkeeper coach the Cypriot club Apollon Limassol. In 2007, he moved to the UAE club Al-Sharjah.

He joined Al-Ain Club in UAE in 2009, becoming a goalkeeper club coach.

Honours

Player

Club

• Al-Zawra'a:
  • Iraqi Premier League: 1991; 1994; 1995; 1996; 2000; 2001.
  • Iraq FA Cup: 1991; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1999; 2001.
  • Iraqi Super Cup: 2000.

External links

• Amer Abdul Wahab at National-Football-Teams.com
• International statistics Archived 2017-05-03 at the Wayback Machine at rsssf
• Amer Abdul Wahab clips: Interview with Abdul Wahab in 2014
• Al-Minaa Club: Sailors of south