Background
Adnan was born in Samarra, Iraq, the son of a wealthy land-owning family.
Adnan was born in Samarra, Iraq, the son of a wealthy land-owning family.
He was last working as manager of Bahrain. Playing career Hed started his career with the Samarra in 1975 juniors at the age of 14 before. Yugoslav coach Miodgard Stankovic known as Aba later called the young Adnan into the Under-19 team later he moved to Baghdad and signed foreign
In 1984 he was called up by Ammo Baba to the national football team for the 1984 Gulf Cup.
He later went onto make over 20 appearances for the national team winning the 1985 Pan-Arab Games & and 1985 Arab Cup. He also played for First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Talaba and First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Tayaran club teams in.
Coaching career After being plagued by injuries during the latter parts of his career, he went into coaching and managed his home club Samarra in a player-coach role in the 1992-1993 season. During this time he also managed to score 33 goals for the club
He later became the coach of and was assistant coach of the national football team to Yahya Alwan during the 1996 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
Hamad spent time in Europe studying coaching techniques before coaching abroad in the United Arab Emirates with Dubai South Carolina. He first coached the national team in February 2000 and led the team to third place at the 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship in Amman. He was then replaced by Milan Zivadinovic only two months before the 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon. Adnan was back as the national coach of for the second time a year later after Milan Zivadinovic was sacked.
He regained his position as coach when Bernd Stange left in 2004 a year after the 2003 invasion of by the United States.
On 7 February 2014, Hamad was appointed to coach Baniyas in the United Arab Emirates Arabian Gulf League. On 6 August 2014, Hamed was appointed to coach Bahrain on a two-year contact.
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