Hussein Luaibi

Hussein Luaibi (Arabic: حسين لعيبي; born 1953) is an Iraqi football coach and former footballer. He played as a forward.^[1]

Hussein Luaibi

Personal information
Full name	Hussein Luaibi Munshid
Date of birth	(1953-07-01) 1 July 1953 (age 72)
Place of birth	Iraq
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Forward
Team information
Current team	Al-Naft assistant coach
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1972	Al-Najda
1972–1973	Al-Aliyat
1973–1979	Al-Shorta
1979–1989	Al-Tayaran
International career
1976	Iraq military	2	(0)
1977–1978	Iraq U20	8	(5)
1976–1978	Iraq	13	(2)
Managerial career
2003	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2010	Al-Naft
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Luaibi started playing for Al-Najda FC and then Al-Aliyat FC. He then moved to Al-Shorta, where he played with them for six seasons, then moved to Al-Tayaran and stayed with them for 10 seasons until his retirement in 1989. In 27 years of playing he did not get one color card.^[1]

Asian title and the first Iraqi goal in FIFA U-20

Luaibi played the youth team and won the 1977 AFC Youth Championship in Tehran,^[2] than played in the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship in Tunisia with the first participation of Iraq in the history of the tournament and scored the first goal of an Iraqi player in the history of this tournament, which scored against Soviet Union on 26 June 1977, and scored against Austria too.^[3]

International career

On September 5, 1976, Luaibi played his debut with Iraq against Saudi Arabia in fully international match, in the Friendly match in Riyadh, which ended 0-0.^[3]

International goals

Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.^[3]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 October 1976	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad	Libya	2–1	3–1	Friendly
2.				3–1

Awards

• Finalist Pestabola Merdeka 1977 with Iraq
• Asian Youth champion in 1977 with Iraq U-19
• Winner of the Al-Wehdat Championship in 1986 with Al-Tayaran