Adnan Dirjal (Arabic: عدنان درجال مطر; born 26 January 1960 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi former professional footballer, as well as a former national team coach, and former Minister of Youth and Sports.

He went on to join Al-Talaba, where he was one of the stars of a team that included Haris Mohammed, Jamal Ali and the great Hussein Saeed.

[4] He secured a position in Iraqi PM Mustafa Al-Kadhimi's cabinet in May 2020 when he was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports.

[2] Adnan made the step into international football early, helping Iraq win both the CISM World Military Championship and the Gulf Cup in 1979.

The biggest disappointment in a glittering career was missing the World Cup finals in Mexico in 1986 through injury.