{{Short description|Iraqi footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Douglas Aziz Shamasha Eshaya | image = | fullname = Douglas Aziz | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1942|01|01}} | birth_place = [[Habbaniyah]], [[Al Anbar]], Iraq | height = | currentclub = | position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]], [[midfielder]] | youthyears1 = 1962–1964 | youthclubs1 = [[Nadi Athori]] | years1 = 1964–1975 | clubs1 = [[Aliyat Al-Shorta SC|Aliyat Al-Shorta]] | years2 = 1975–1979 | clubs2 = [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] | nationalyears1 = 1967–1978 | nationalteam1 = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iraq-recintlp.html Iraq - Record International Players]</ref> | nationalcaps1 = 73 | nationalgoals1 = 6 | manageryears1 = 1979–1983 | managerclubs1 = [[Al-Shurta]] | manageryears2 = 1991–1992 | managerclubs2 = [[Al-Khutoot Al-Jawiya SC|Al-Khutot]] | manageryears3 = 1994–1995 | managerclubs3 = [[Al-Karkh SC|Al-Karkh]] | manageryears4 = 1995–1996 | managerclubs4 = [[Salahaddin FC|Salahadin]] | manageryears5 = 1996–1997 | managerclubs5 = [[Al-Ramtha SC|Al-Ramtha]] | death_date = January 19, 2024 | death_place = Los Angeles, CA, USA }} '''Douglas Aziz Shamasha Eshaya''' ({{Langx|syr|ܕܧܜܓܠܐܣ ܐܙܥܙ ܣܗܐܡܐܣܗܐ ܖܣܗܐܝܐ}}; born 25 december 1942) is an Iraqi former [[Association football|football]] player and caretaker coach. He represented the [[Iraq national football team|Iraq national team]], and is ethnically [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]].<ref>[http://www.assyrianvoice.net/library/index.php?action=artikel&cat=3&id=94&artlang=en] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217033620/http://www.assyrianvoice.net/library/index.php?action=artikel&cat=3&id=94&artlang=en|date=17 December 2011}}</ref>
== Club career == He was a pillar for club and country during the late 1960s and through the 1970s. He made his league debut in 1964 and spent 15 inspiring seasons with [[Aliyat Al-Shorta SC|Aliyat Al-Shorta]] in the [[Iraq Central FA Premier League]] and [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] in the [[Iraqi Premier League]], where he was a key figure in the side along with Abid Kadhim, Majeed Ali, Latif Shandal and Riyadh Nouri. He became the first outfield player in the Iraqi League to play as a goalkeeper when he was forced to go in goal for the final few minutes of a 5-2 win over Al-Tijara after an injury to [[Raad Hammoudi]].{{fact|date=December 2024}}
== International career == After making his international debut in 1967, Douglas quickly became a key influence as the midfield general in the heart of the Iraqi team. With the national team, he played in the [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 World Cup]] qualifiers in Australia, where Iraq finished second behind the hosts, the [[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]] and [[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976 Asian Cup]]s in Thailand and Iran, and in the Olympic qualifiers in 1968 and 1972. Douglas was also an important part of the [[Iraqi army]] team that won the 1972 and 1977 CISM [[World Military Championship]]. Douglas played for the Iraqi national team until 1978 and retired from playing a year later.
== Managerial career == He went on to coach at Al-Shurta and in his first season in charge, led the club to their first ever league title in 1979-1980. He continued to coach the club's youth teams after stepping down as head coach in 1983, but was renamed coach of the first team in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=iraqsport.com|author=Hassanin Mubarak|title=Player Database|url=http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030408193552/http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=11 |archivedate=2003-04-08 }}</ref> In 1989, he stepped down as coach of Al-Shurta to work full-time as assistant to Under-19s coach [[Bill Asprey]]. Douglas was also assistant coach to [[Ammo Baba]] in the national team set-up from 1983–1984. He coached Al-Khutot, Salah-Al-Deen and Al-Karkh in the 1990s before leaving Iraq to settle in [[Arnhem]], the [[Netherlands]].
==Career statistics==
===International=== ''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 19 September 1971 || [[BJK İnönü Stadium|Mithat Paşa Stadium]], [[Istanbul]] || {{fb|LIB}} || '''1'''–0 || 2–1 || [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers|1972 Olympics qualifiers]] |- | 2. || 10 December 1971 || rowspan="2" |[[Kuwait National Stadium]], [[Kuwait City]] || {{fb|KUW}} || '''1'''–0 || 1–1 || rowspan="2" |[[1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] |- | 3. || 22 December 1971 || {{fb|LIB}} || '''3'''–0 || 4–1 |- | 4. || 14 January 1972 || [[Al-Shaab Stadium]], [[Baghdad]] || {{fb|EGY|1972}} || '''1'''–2 || 1–3 || [[1972 Palestine Cup of Nations]] |- | 5. || 21 March 1973 || [[Sydney Sports Ground]], [[Sydney]] || {{fb|IDN}} || '''1'''–0 || 3–2 || [[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIFA player|48703}}
{{Iraq squad 1972 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Iraq squad 1976 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Iraq national football team managers}} {{Iraqi Premier League winning managers}}
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