Jalil Hanoon
Association football player
About Jalil Hanoon
Born 1952. Jalil Hanoon is an Iraqi association football player and association football coach.
Jalil Hanoon Matar Al-Asadi (; born 1952) is an Iraqi former footballer who is the president of Al-Minaa club.
Sport history Jalil Hanoon played as a forward and spent the majority of his career with Al-Minaa club, He was capped Iraqi League title for Al-Minaa, winning the title of the top scorer 1978, and appeared at the World Military Cup 1977, and scored a goal in Nigeria's nets. He also played matches in Pestabola Merdeka 1977 in Malaysia. Hanoon was highly regarded throughout his the top scorer of the particular model, has scored during him sports-old 271 goals at the level of local matches and 7 goals in 37 international matches. and sports fans were calls him: (Keegan of Iraq). Hanoon is the only scorer for Al-Minaa club in the Iraqi league so far, when he scored 11 goals in the 1977-78 season. He is the only player in the league who scored a hat-trick in the nets of two mass clubs (Al-Tayaran & Al-Zawraa) in the 1983-84 season. He is also the second player who has scored 5 goals in one match in the Iraqi league while shook nets of Al-Hillah in 1977 season. Jalil's brother is athletic too, he is his coach, he's the player and coach Jamil Hanoon, a coach who guided Al-Minaa club to win the league title in 1977-78 season.
International career On August 21, 1973 Jalil Hanoon played his debut with Iraq against South Yemen in fully international match, in the 2nd edition of Palestine Cup of Nations in Libya, scoring his first goal in this match which ended 2-0 for Iraq.
On March 28, 1980 Jalil Hanoon played his last international match with Iraq against South Yemen too, within qualifier of Moscow Olympics in Baghdad, which ended 3-0 for Iraq.
International goals Iraq national football team goals Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 8 December 1973 March 28 Stadium, Benghazi, Libya 2–0 2–0 Palestine Cup of Nations 2. 14 July 1974 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq Honvéd 1–1 2–2 Friendly National vs. Club 3. 2–2 4. 3 September 1974 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 2–0 3–0 Asian Games 5. 27 June 1977 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria 1–0 1–0 World Military Championship
Honors Local Al-Mina'a 1978 Iraqi League: Champion
International Iraq 1977 World Men's Military Cup: Champion 1977 Pestabola Merdeka: runner-up
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Who is Jalil Hanoon?
association football player
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Jalil Hanoon was born on 1 July 1952 in Basra.
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Jalil Hanoon is an association football player and association football coach.
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Jalil Hanoon is Iraqi.
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