# Douglas Aziz

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Iraqi footballer

Douglas Aziz Shamasha Eshaya Personal information Full name Douglas Aziz Date of birth (1942-01-01) 1 January 1942 (age 84) Place of birth Habbaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq Date of death January 19, 2024 Place of death Los Angeles, CA, USA Positions Defender midfielder Youth career 1962–1964 Nadi Athori Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1964–1975 Aliyat Al-Shorta 1975–1979 Al-Shorta International career 1967–1978 Iraq[1] 73 (6) Managerial career 1979–1983 Al-Shurta 1991–1992 Al-Khutot 1994–1995 Al-Karkh 1995–1996 Salahadin 1996–1997 Al-Ramtha * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Douglas Aziz Shamasha Eshaya** ([Syriac](/source/Syriac_language): ܕܧܜܓܠܐܣ ܐܙܥܙ ܣܗܐܡܐܣܗܐ ܖܣܗܐܝܐ; born 25 december 1942) is an Iraqi former [football](/source/Association_football) player and caretaker coach. He represented the [Iraq national team](/source/Iraq_national_football_team), and is ethnically [Assyrian](/source/Assyrian_people).[2]

## 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](/source/Aliyat_Al-Shorta_SC) in the [Iraq Central FA Premier League](/source/Iraq_Central_FA_Premier_League) and [Al-Shorta](/source/Al-Shorta_SC) in the [Iraqi Premier League](/source/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](/source/Raad_Hammoudi).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## 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 World Cup](/source/1974_FIFA_World_Cup) qualifiers in Australia, where Iraq finished second behind the hosts, the [1972](/source/1972_AFC_Asian_Cup) and [1976 Asian Cups](/source/1976_AFC_Asian_Cup) in Thailand and Iran, and in the Olympic qualifiers in 1968 and 1972. Douglas was also an important part of the [Iraqi army](/source/Iraqi_army) team that won the 1972 and 1977 CISM [World Military Championship](/source/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.[3] In 1989, he stepped down as coach of Al-Shurta to work full-time as assistant to Under-19s coach [Bill Asprey](/source/Bill_Asprey). Douglas was also assistant coach to [Ammo Baba](/source/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](/source/Arnhem), the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands).

## Career statistics

### International

*Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.*

No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 19 September 1971 Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul Lebanon 1–0 2–1 1972 Olympics qualifiers 2. 10 December 1971 Kuwait National Stadium, Kuwait City Kuwait 1–0 1–1 1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification 3. 22 December 1971 Lebanon 3–0 4–1 4. 14 January 1972 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Egypt 1–2 1–3 1972 Palestine Cup of Nations 5. 21 March 1973 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney Indonesia 1–0 3–2 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Iraq - Record International Players](https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iraq-recintlp.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [\[1\]](http://www.assyrianvoice.net/library/index.php?action=artikel&cat=3&id=94&artlang=en) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111217033620/http://www.assyrianvoice.net/library/index.php?action=artikel&cat=3&id=94&artlang=en) 17 December 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hassanin Mubarak. ["Player Database"](https://web.archive.org/web/20030408193552/http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=11). iraqsport.com. Archived from [the original](http://iraqsport.com/cgi-bin/db/db.cgi?db=players&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&nh=11) on 8 April 2003.

## External links

- [Douglas Aziz](https://web.archive.org/web/20150905/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=48703/index.html) – [FIFA](/source/FIFA) competition record (archived)

v t e Iraq squad – 1972 AFC Asian Cup 1 Khalaf 2 Abdul-Rahman 3 Abid Kadhim 4 Aziz 5 Fartous 6 Khazal 7 Majeed Ali 8 Abdul-Hameed 9 Zuwair 10 Ibrahim 11 Shidrak Yousif 12 Nouri 13 Jassam 14 Kamil 15 Ali Kadhim 16 Hatim 17 Ammo Yousif 18 Fathi Coach: Hassan

v t e Iraq squad – 1976 AFC Asian Cup fourth place 1 Abdul-Rahman 2 Fartous (c) 3 Khudhair 4 Ali 5 Kamil 6 Alwan 8 Hassan 10 Subhi 11 Yousif 12 Aziz 13 Tabra 14 Abdul-Jalil 15 Kadhim 16 Waal 17 Mohammed 18 Battush 19 Mustafa 21 Hammoudi Coach: Grčić

v t e Iraq national football team – managers Habib (1951) Cook (1955–56) Mohammed (1957) Aboud (1959) Abbas (1959) Drăgușin (1962–63) Aboud (1963–64) Basher (1964) Aboud (1965) Basher (1966) Shihab (1967) Hassan (1968) Basher (1968) Kokeza (1969) Illichev (1969–71) Basher (1971–72) Hassan (1972) Teleki (1973) Muhsin (1973) Naji (1974) Shihab (1974) Muhsin (1974) Naji (1975) McLennan (1975–76) Grčić (1976–78) Salih (1978) Baba (1978–80) Naji (1980) Jassam (1980) Gardašević (1980) Aziz (1980) Baba (1981–84) Jassam (1985) Salman (1985) Naji (1985) Jorge Vieira (1985) Edu (1986) Zé Mário (1986) Evaristo (1986) Salman (1986) Baba (1987–88) Salih (1988) Baba (1988–89) Jassam (1989–90) Morozov (1990) Fomenko (1990) Dirjal (1992–93) Baba (1993) Jassam (1995–96) Baba (1996) Alwan (1996–97) Odisho (1997) Baba (1997) Salman (1998) Humoud (1999) Hamad (2000) Živadinović (2000–01) Hamad (2001) Belin (2001) Hamad (2002) Stange (2002–04) Hamad (2004) Salman (2005–07) Jorvan Vieira (2007) Olsen (2007–08) Hamad (2008) Jorvan Vieira (2008–09) Shenaishil (2009) Milutinović (2009) N. Shaker (2009–10) Sidka (2010–11) Zico (2011–12) H. Shaker (2012–13) V. Petrović (2013) H. Shaker (2013–14) Shenaishil (2014–15) Salman (2015) Alwan (2015–16) Shahad (2016) Shenaishil (2016–17) Qasim (2017–18) Katanec (2018–21) Advocaat (2021) Ž. Petrović (2021–22) Shahad (2022) Shenaishilc (2022) Casas (2022–25) Arnold (2025–) (c) = caretaker manager

v t e Iraq Stars League winning managers 1975: Mohammed Hassan 1976: S. Salih 1977: S. Salih 1978: Hanoon 1979: A. Jassam 1980: Aziz 1981: Ammo Baba 1982: J. Salih 1983: Naji 1984: Al-Waadh 1986: Alwan 1987: Nassir 1988: J. Salih 1989: J. Salih 1990: Jameel 1991: F. Hassan 1992: Yousef 1993: Odisho 1994: Ammo Baba 1995: Mutanash 1996: Hamad 1997: Odisho 1998: Abdul-Hameed 1999: Jameel 2000: Hamad 2001: Abdul-Jalil 2002: Ahmed 2005: Abdul-Jalil 2006: Radhi 2007: Salman 2008: Ahmed 2009: Ahmed 2010: Qasim 2011: Shenaishil 2012: Mahrous 2013: T. Jassam 2015: Shahad 2016: Qasim 2017: Qasim 2018: Odisho 2019: Jovović 2021: Odisho 2022: Soliman 2023: Salah 2024: Soliman 2025: Soliman 2026: Jaber

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