Essam Hamad Salem (Arabic: عِصَام حَمَد سَالِم; born 22 October 1973) is an Iraqi football coach and former player.
Essam also played for Al-Karkh, Al-Taawun, and Al-Zawraa at club level.
Hamad won the double (league and cup) twice, with Al-Zawraa in the 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons.
[2] Hamad was selected to play for an Asian all-star team in 2000 by the AFC in Tehran, Iran, to commemorate the founding of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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