Anwar Jassam

{{Short description|Iraqi football coach (1947–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Anwar Jassam | image = Anwar Jassam (cropped).jpg | caption = Jassam in 2017 | full_name = Anwar Jassam Houbi | birth_date = {{birth year|1947}} | birth_place = [[Baghdad]], [[Kingdom of Iraq|Iraq]] | death_date = {{death date and given age|2024|09|16|77|df=y}} | height = | position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | years1 = 1965–1971 | clubs1 = [[Al-Zawraa SC|Sikak Al-Hadeed]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | manageryears1 = 1971–1975 | managerclubs1 = [[Al-Zawraa SC|Sikak Al-Hadeed]] | manageryears2 = 1978–1985 | managerclubs2 = [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] | manageryears3 = 1980 | managerclubs3 = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] | manageryears4 = 1985 | managerclubs4 = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] | manageryears5 = 1988–1989 | managerclubs5 = [[Al-Naft SC|Al-Naft]] | manageryears6 = 1989 | managerclubs6 = [[Iraq national under-20 football team|Iraq U20]] | manageryears7 = 1989–1990 | managerclubs7 = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] | manageryears8 = 1991–1992 | managerclubs8 = [[Al-Naft SC|Al-Naft]] | manageryears9 = 1992–1993 | managerclubs9 = [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] | manageryears10 = 1995–1996 | managerclubs10 = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] | manageryears11 = 1997 | managerclubs11 = [[Al-Wehdat SC|Al-Wehdat]] | manageryears12 = 2000–2001 | managerclubs12 = [[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]] }}

'''Anwar Jassam Houbi''' ({{langx|ar|أَنْوَر جَسَام هُوبِيّ}}; 1947 – 16 September 2024) was an Iraqi football coach.

Jassam won the [[1978–79 Iraqi League]] with [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]] and also won five [[Iraq FA Cup]] titles with them, more than any other manager in the history of the Iraq FA Cup.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mubarak, Hassanin|title=Iraq - League Winning Coaches|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/iraq-coach-champs.html|date=6 October 2006}}</ref>

Jassam died on 16 September 2024, at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite news |title=The godfather of the Iraq Cup leaves the world of football silently |url=https://www.dzairsport.net/the-godfather-of-the-iraq-cup-leaves-the-world-of-football-silently/ |access-date=16 September 2024 |publisher=dzairsport.net |date=16 September 2024}}</ref>

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