Saadi Toma

Saadi Toma Jirjes (Syriac: ܣܥܕܝ ܬܐܘܡܐ) (born 25 April 1955) is an Iraqi former football player and coach.

Saadi Toma

Personal information
Full name	Saadi Toma Jirjes
Date of birth	(1955-04-25) 25 April 1955 (age 70)
Place of birth	Baghdad, Iraq
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1986	Al Quwa Al Jawiya
International career
1979–1986	Iraq	11
Managerial career
1989–1990	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya U-16
1990–1991	Assistant manager Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
	Al-Karkh
	Al-Ramadi
	Al-Talaba
	Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli Aley
	Al-Taliya
	assistant manager Iraq
2005–2007	assistant manager Iraq U-23
2010–2011	Zakho FC
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played during his professional career at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and made 10 appearances with the Iraqi national team. He Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. He also trained a number of Iraqi and Arab football clubs. and was an assistant coach to both the national and the U-23 football Iraqi squads.^[1]

Saadi Toma made headlines by refusing to return to Iraq and applying for asylum in Australia after a match against the Australian U-23 national team.^[2]

He returned to Iraq and managed in 2010 as a manager of Zakho FC before resigning indefinitely for medical reasons.^[3]