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Place of birth
  
Baghdad, Iraq

1989–1990
  
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya U-16

Years
  
Team

Name
  
Saadi Toma


1976–1986
  
Al Quwa Al Jawiya

Role
  
Football player

1979–1986
  
Iraq

Playing position
  
Forward

Date of birth
  
(1955-04-25) April 25, 1955 (age 60)

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Saadi Toma Jirjes (Syriac: ܣܥܕܝ ܬܐܘܡܐ‎) (born 25 April 1955 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi-Assyrian former football player and coach.

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.

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.

He returned to Iraq and managed in 2010 as a manager of Zakho FC before resigning indefinitely due to medical reasons.

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