Jalil Hanoon Motar Al-Asadi ( ar, جليل حنّون مطر الأسدي; born 1952) is an Iraqi former

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who is the president of Al-Minaa club.

Sport history

Jalil Hanoon played as a

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and spent the majority of his career with Al-Minaa club, He was capped

Iraqi League The Iraqi Premier League ( ar, الدوري العراقي الممتاز) is the top level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and operates on a system of promotion an ...

title for Al-Minaa, winning the title of the top scorer

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, and appeared at the

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, and scored a goal in

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's nets. He also played matches in

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1977 in

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. Hanoon was highly regarded throughout his the top scorer of the particular model, has scored during him sports-old 271 goals at the level of local matches and 7 goals in 37 international matches. and sports fans were calls him: ( Keegan of

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

). Hanoon is the only scorer for Al-Minaa club in the

Iraqi league The Iraqi Premier League ( ar, الدوري العراقي الممتاز) is the top level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and operates on a system of promotion an ...

so far, when he scored 11 goals in the 1977-78 season. He is the only player in the league who scored a

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in the nets of two mass clubs (

Al-Tayaran Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya ( ar, نادي القوة الجوية الرياضي, lit=Air Force Club) is an Iraqi sports club based in Rusafa District, Baghdad that competes in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1931 ...

Al-Zawraa Al-Zawraa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الزوراء الرياضي) is an Iraqi sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team compete in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi footbal ...

) in the 1983-84 season. He is also the second player who has scored 5 goals in one match in the

while shook nets of

Al-Hillah Hillah ( ar, ٱلْحِلَّة ''al-Ḥillah''), also spelled Hilla, is a city in central Iraq on the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River, south of Baghdad. The population is estimated at 364,700 in 1998. It is the capital of Babylon Province ...

in 1977 season. Jalil's brother is athletic too, he is his

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, he's the

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and coach Jamil Hanoon, a coach who guided Al-Minaa club to win the league title in 1977-78 season.

International career

On August 21, 1973 Jalil Hanoon played his debut with

against

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in fully international match, in the 2nd edition of

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, scoring his first goal in this match which ended 2-0 for Iraq. On March 28, 1980 Jalil Hanoon played his last international match with Iraq against South Yemen too, within qualifier of

Moscow Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

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, which ended 3-0 for Iraq.

International goals

;Iraq national football team goals :''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''

Honors

Local

;

Al-Mina'a Al-Minaa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الميناء الرياضي, lit=Port Sports Club) is an Iraqi multi-sport club based in Al-Maqal, Basra that participates in the Iraq Division One, the second tier of Iraqi football. It is one of the mo ...

* 1978 Iraqi League: Champion

International

;

* 1977 World Men's Military Cup: Champion * 1977 Pestabola Merdeka: runner-up

References

External links

List of Iraqi Topscorers at rsssf.comAl-Minaa Club: Sailors of south
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanoon, Jalil 1952 births Living people Association football forwards Iraqi footballers Al-Mina'a SC players Al-Bahri players Sportspeople from Basra Iraq international footballers 1976 AFC Asian Cup players Iraqi football managers