Yahya Alwan

Yahya Alwan Manhal (Arabic: يحي علوان منهل‎, (born 1 July 1956 in Baghdad, Iraq) is a former Iraq national and Olympic coach, who is currently coach of Al-Naft

Yahya Alwan
Alwan as manager of Al-Naft in 2019
Personal information
Full name Yahya Alwan Manhal
Date of birth (1956-07-01) 1 July 1956
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Al-Naft (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1984 Al-Talaba
National team
1977–1980 Iraq
Teams managed
1984–1985 Al-Talaba (assistant)
1985–1987 Al-Talaba
1985–1986 Iraq (assistant)
1986–1987 Iraq U17 (assistant)
1996–1997 Iraq
2002–2004 Al-Shaab
2004–2005 Erbil
2006 Al-Shorta
2005–2007 Iraq U23
2007–2008 Dibba Al-Fujairah
2008–2009 Al-Zawraa
2009–2010 Baghdad
2010–2011 Al-Talaba
2011–2012 Al-Zawraa
2013 Najaf
2013–2014 Karbala
2014–2015 Masafi Al-Wasat
2015 Iraq U23
2015–2016 Iraq
2018–2019 Al-Talaba
2019– Al-Naft
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Coaching career

He is an Iraqi football player and coach, born in 1956 in the capital of Iraq, the capital of Iraq. He has a master’s degree in physical education. He started as an assistant coach in the Student Club in the year 1984 and then became a coach for Al-Talaba in 1985 and then trained the Salam and Al-Shorta and Erbil and in 1993 he trained a club Jordan's Al-Ahly then coached the Emirati Al-Shaab Club, Omani Club and the Emirati Fujairah Club and coached the Iraqi youth and Olympic team, and he became the coach of the Iraqi Olympic team in the Asian games of Doha 2006 and led him to win the silver medal. Several young players were discovered by Alwan in the Olympic team.

Al-Talaba

As a player, he won the Iraqi League with Al-Talaba in the two seasons 1980-1981 and 1981-1982 and as coach of the 1985-1986 season, and he brought the Al-Talaba to advanced positions in the 1992-1993 season.

National Teams

With the U-16, he won tournaments in Finland and Denmark, where the championship in Denmark overcame the final match of the U-16 of Barcelona, and the fourth in Asia in 1994 with the U-19, and led the Olympic team and qualified for the Seoul Olympics as an assistant to Amo Baba, and also the silver of the national patriarch won the Arab Football Cup and also won the Merdeka and Nahru championship and reached the quarter The final in the Asia Cup.

Outside Iraq

In Other Arab Countries, he did not win the titles, but worked and developed many teams, including the Jordanian Ahli, who reached the third Jordanian professional league, as well as the Al-Shaab in UAE, and discovered some well-known players, including the current goalkeeper of Al-Shaab and Mohamed Sorour, as well as coaching Fujairah in the second round and was a champion for the second round and finished in an advanced position for the league. Also developed the Omani Football Association by developing many teams, including Oman Club, which has built a good team under Alwan and then after in winning 7 trophies.

Managerial statistics
As of 22 January 2021[1]
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Al-Talaba 1985 1986 20 13 4 3 065.00
Iraq 24 November 1996 6 June 1997 20 16 1 3 080.00
Iraq U-23 2006 2007 45 26 13 6 057.78
Dibba 25 November 2007 3 November 2008 27 8 4 15 029.63
Al-Zawraa 8 December 2008 2009 19 8 6 5 042.11
Baghdad 7 July 2009 2010 36 15 13 8 041.67
Al-Talaba 12 August 2010 11 February 2011 14 6 6 2 042.86
Al-Zawraa 2 December 2011 26 March 2012 13 6 4 3 046.15
Najaf 10 March 2013 17 July 2013 7 3 2 2 042.86
Karbala 20 September 2013 6 January 2014 9 1 3 5 011.11
Masafi Al-Wasat 7 September 2014 17 February 2015 11 1 4 6 009.09
Iraq U-23 10 February 2015 1 August 2015 7 6 1 0 085.71
Iraq 1 August 2015 24 March 2016 8 3 3 2 037.50
Al-Talaba 28 July 2018 26 February 2019 30 11 14 5 036.67
Al-Naft 27 July 2019 ""Present"" 53 26 18 9 049.06
Total 319 149 96 74 046.71

Honours

Club

Al-Talaba

Country

Iraq U-20

Iraq U-23

Iraq

Individual
  • Asian Manager of the Month: April 1997[2]

References
  1. Hassanin Mubarak [@hassaninmubarak] (3 August 2015). "Yahya Alwan's coaching record since 2007 when he left the Olympic job" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. "AFC Monthly Awards: April 1997". Asian Football Confederation. April 1997.


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