Salman Ahmed Rashed Shareeda ( ar, سلمان أحمد راشد شريدة; born 19 May 1968) is a Bahraini

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coach and former player who is the head coach of Bahraini club

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Club career

Shareeda began his youth career at

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's youth sector in the late-1960s, coached by his older brother

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. He made his first-team debut in the

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, becoming a key player for the club by helping them win numerous domestic titles. Sharida retired as a player in 1981, due to injury problems.

International career

Shareeda played for the Bahrain under-20s at the

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in Iran. He played for the senior team at the

1974 Asian Games The 7th Asian Games ( fa, بازی‌های آسیایی ۱۹۷۴) were held from 1 to 16 September 1974 in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran. The Aryamehr Sports Complex was built for the Games. The Asian Games were hosted in the Middle East for th ...

, also in Iran, and at the 3rd Arabian Gulf Cup in 1974, in Kuwait. Due to an injury, he was unable to participate in the 4th Arabian Gulf Cup in Qatar two years later. Shareeda played the opening game of the

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, held in 1979, against hosts

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; this was ultimately his last international game, as he withdrew injured.

Managerial career

Sharida began coaching in the late-1980s, as head coach of Al-Muharraq's youth sector. He then coached the Bahrain under-20s at the

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in Chile. Having already coached the Bahrain national team, Sharida was appointed head coach of the Pakistan national team on a one-year contract in October 2005. He became Pakistan's first head coach from the

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, and the first Bahraini to coach outside of Bahrain. Sharida coached Pakistan at the 2005 SAFF Championship. In 2011, Shareeda was coach of the Bahrain Olympic team; he was dismissed in December. Between 2013 and 2014, Sharida took charge of Al-Muharraq. He coached

between 2015 and 2016. In October 2016, Sharida was appointed head coach of

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. He coached Al-Muharraq in 2018, and Hidd since 2021.

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