{{short description|Iraqi footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Falah Hassan | image = فلاح حسن.jpg | caption = Falah Hassan in 2012 | fullname = Falah Hassan Jassim | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|7|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Mimouna, [[Maysan Governorate|Maysan]], [[Kingdom of Iraq|Iraq]] | height = | currentclub = [[Al-Zawraa SC|President of Al-Zawraa SC]] | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] | years1 = 1968–1973 | years2 = 1973–1975 | years3 = 1975–1982 | years4 = 1982–1985 | years5 = 1985–1987 | clubs1 = [[Al Bareed]] | clubs2 = [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] | clubs3 = [[Al Zawraa]] | clubs4 = [[Al-Shabab (Iraq)|Al Shabab]] | clubs5 = [[Al Zawraa]] | nationalyears1= 1970–1986 | nationalteam1= [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iraq-recintlp.html Iraq - Record International Players]</ref> | nationalcaps1= 102 | nationalgoals1 =29 | manageryears1 = 1987–1991 | managerclubs1 = [[Al-Zawraa]] | pcupdate = N/A | ntupdate = N/A }}
'''Falah Hassan Jassim''' ({{langx|ar|فَلَّاح حَسَن جَاسِم}}, born 1 July 1951) is an [[Iraq]]i former international [[association football|football]] player, and current president of Al-Zawraa Sport Club in Baghdad. He played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]].
==Early life== Falah Hassan was born in 1951 in the village of Mimouna, in a district of [[Qal'at Saleh District|Qal'at Saleh]]. His father was a farmer and after the [[14 July Revolution|1958 Revolution]], his family moved to Al-Thawra (now [[Sadr City|Al-Sadr]]) in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, taking advantage of the new government's initiative in building low cost housing for families wanting to move to Baghdad, it was there he first played the game on the streets of the city.
During the 1970s, Falah Hassan was seen as one of the greatest players in Asia, and was offered lucrative contracts to play professionally abroad, in 1978 he received two offers one from Belgium and the other from the Emirates. [[Al-Shaab CSC|Al-Shaab]] from the UAE reportedly offered Falah and teammate [[Ali Kadhim]] a contract to play for them in 1978, while after the arrival of Belgium’s army team in Baghdad, the delegation nearly reached an agreement for a move to a club in Belgium however the officials at the [[Iraq Football Association|Iraqi FA]] turned it down saying that Falah Hassan was a national treasure, and that he should not be sold abroad. A year earlier in a dire 0–0 draw with English club [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] in Baghdad, the player ran rings around the opposition defence.
After a dispute with the Iraq FA that led to a suspension from the national side in 1978, Falah returned the following year to guide Iraq to their [[5th Arabian Gulf Cup|first Gulf Cup]] victory, and then went on to lift the 1979 CISM [[World Military Cup|World Military Championship]] in Kuwait, beating Italy 4–3 on penalties.
==Career statistics==
===International goals=== ''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 20 August 1973 || [[March 28 Stadium]], [[Benghazi]] || {{fb|UAE}} || '''3'''–1 || 3–1 || [[1973 Palestine Cup of Nations|1973 Palestine Cup]] |- | 2. || 2 June 1974 || [[Stade El Menzah]], [[Tunis]] || {{fb|TUN}} || '''1'''–2 || 1–2 || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]] |- | 3. || 14 August 1974 || [[Al-Shaab Stadium]], [[Baghdad]] || {{fb|BHR}} || '''3'''–0 || 4–0 || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]] |- | 4. || 3 September 1974 || [[Amjadieh Stadium]], [[Tehran]] || {{fb|IND}} || '''2'''–0 || 3–0 || [[Football at the 1974 Asian Games|1974 Asian Games]] |- | 5. || 21 November 1975 || rowspan="3" | [[Al-Shaab Stadium]], [[Baghdad]] ||rowspan="2" | {{fb|QAT}} || '''1'''–0 || 1–0 || rowspan="3" | [[1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] |- | 6. || 28 November 1975 || '''2'''–0 || 3–0 |- | 7. || 2 December 1975 || {{fb|KSA}} || '''2'''–0 || 2–1 |- | 8. || 26 December 1975 || [[Stade El Menzah]], [[Tunis]] || {{fb|SYR|1972}} || '''3'''–0 || 4–0 || [[1975 Palestine Cup of Nations|1975 Palestine Cup]] |- | 9. || 27 March 1976 || rowspan="3" | [[Grand Hamad Stadium]], [[Doha]] || {{fb|OMA}} || '''1'''–0 || 4–0 || rowspan="3" | [[4th Arabian Gulf Cup]] |- | 10. || 29 March 1976 || {{fb|BHR}} || '''2'''–0 || 4–1 |- | 11. || 1 April 1976 || {{fb|KSA}} || '''3'''–0 || 7–1 |- | 12. || 11 June 1976 || [[Aryamehr Stadium]], [[Tehran]] || {{fb|KUW}} || '''2'''–2 || 2–3 || [[1976 AFC Asian Cup]] |- | 13. || 25 January 1977 || [[Mandela National Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Kampala]] || {{fb|UGA}} || '''1'''–1 || 1–1 || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]] |- | 14. || 15 July 1978 || [[Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] || {{fb|SYR|1972}} || '''1'''–1 || 2–1 || [[1978 Merdeka Tournament]] |- | 15. || 29 March 1979 || rowspan="5" | [[Al-Shaab Stadium]], [[Baghdad]] || {{fb|KUW}} || '''1'''–0 || 3–1 || rowspan="5" | [[5th Arabian Gulf Cup]] |- | 16. || 3 April 1979 || {{fb|UAE}} || '''3'''–0 || 5–0 |- | 17. || rowspan="2" | 6 April 1979 || rowspan="2" | {{fb|OMN}} || '''4'''–0 || rowspan="2" | 7–0 |- | 18. || '''5'''–0 |- | 19. || 8 April 1979 || {{fb|KSA}} || '''1'''–0 || 2–0 |- | 20. || 21 July 1980 || [[Republican Stadium, Kiev]]|| {{fb|Costa Rica}} || '''3'''–0 || 3–0 || rowspan="2" | [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics]] |- | 21. || 25 July 1980 || [[Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)|Dinamo Stadium]], [[Minsk]]|| {{fb|Yugoslavia}} || '''1'''–0 || 1–1 |- | 22. || rowspan="2" | 6 February 1981 || rowspan="2" | [[King Abdullah Stadium]], [[Amman]] || rowspan="2" | {{fb|JOR}} || '''1'''–0 || rowspan="2" | 2–0 || rowspan="2" | [[Exhibition match|Friendly]] |- | 23. || '''2'''–0 |- | 24. || 16 September 1981 || [[Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] || {{fb|SIN}} || '''4'''–0 || 4–0 || [[1981 Merdeka Tournament]] |- | 25. || rowspan="3" | 19 February 1982 || rowspan="3" | [[Al-Shaab Stadium]], [[Baghdad]] || rowspan="3" | {{fb|JOR}} || '''1'''–0 || rowspan="3" | 3–1 || rowspan="3" | [[Exhibition match|Friendly]] |- | 26. || '''2'''–0 |- | 27. || '''3'''–0 |- | 28. || rowspan="2" | 7 March 1982 || rowspan="2" | [[Al-Shaab Stadium]], [[Baghdad]] || rowspan="2" | {{fb|KOR}} || '''1'''–0 || rowspan="2" | 3–0 || rowspan="2" | [[Exhibition match|Friendly]] |- | 29. || '''2'''–0 |- |}
==Post-playing career== Falah Hassan has been the president of [[Al-Zawraa SC]] since 2010. The club has been into lots of success under Hassan's regime, winning many trophies and playing in Asian competitions.
==See also== * [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070313095849/http://shelbysoccer.com/shelby/tnews.asp?ID=71 The Legends Training page at Soccer City of Shelby Township.]
{{Iraqi Premier League top scorers}} {{Iraq squad 1976 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Iraq Squad 1980 Summer Olympics}} {{Iraqi Premier League winning managers}} {{Authority control}}
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