Yahya Alwan

Yahya Alwan
Personal information
Full name	Yahya Alwan Manhal
Date of birth	1 July 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1984	Al-Talaba
International career
1977–1980	Iraq
Managerial career
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
2019–2021	Al-Naft
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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 26 March 2021^[1]

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
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	26 March 2021	64	28	25	11	043.75
Total				330	151	103	76	045.76