Adnan Dirjal

{{short description|Iraqi professional footballer and coach}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Adnan Dirjal

| image = عدنان درجال 2024.jpg

| birthname = Adnan Dirjal Mutar Jasim

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|01|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Baghdad, Iraq

| office = President of Iraq Football Association

| term_start = 14 September 2021

| term_end =

| predecessor = Eyad Al Nadawi

| successor =

| order1 = Minister of Youth and Sports

| term_start1 = 7 May 2020

| term_end1 = 27 October 2022

| primeminister1 = Mustafa Al-Kadhimi

| predecessor1 = Ahmed Obeidi

| successor1 = Ahmed Al-Mubarqa

| order2 = Minister of Culture

| termlabel2 = Acting

| term_start2 = 7 May 2020

| term_end2 = 9 June 2020

| primeminister2 = Mustafa Al-Kadhimi

| predecessor2 = Abdulameer al-Hamdani

| successor2 = Hassan Nazim

| children = 4, including Muhannad

| party = Independent

| occupation = {{hlist|Footballer|coach|football administrator|government official}}

| module = {{Infobox football biography

| embed = yes

| header-color = lavender

| position = Defender

| height = {{convert|190|cm|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| youthyears1 = 1976–1977

| youthclubs1 = Assyrian Sports Club

| years1 = 1977–1980

| years2 = 1980–1984

| years3 = 1984–1990

| clubs1 = Al-Zawraa

| clubs2 = Al-Talaba

| clubs3 = Al-Rasheed

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| nationalyears1 = 1978–1990

| nationalteam1 = Iraq

| nationalcaps1 = 122[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/century.html Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals]

| nationalgoals1 = 8

| manageryears1 = 1991–1992

| manageryears2 = 1992–1993

| manageryears3 = 1993–1994

| manageryears4 = 1995–1998

| manageryears5 = 1999

| manageryears6 = 1999

| manageryears7 = 1999–2000

| manageryears8 = 2000–2001

| manageryears9 = 2004

| manageryears10 = 2004–2005

| manageryears11 = 2007

| manageryears12 = 2010–2012

| manageryears13 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs1 = Al-Karkh

| managerclubs2 = Iraq

| managerclubs3 = Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

| managerclubs4 = Al Wakrah

| managerclubs5 = Al Sadd

| managerclubs6 = Al Shamal

| managerclubs7 = Al Wakrah

| managerclubs8 = Al Arabi

| managerclubs9 = Al Sailiya

| managerclubs10 = Al Wakrah

| managerclubs11 = Al Wakrah

| managerclubs12 = Al Wakrah

| managerclubs13 = Al Wakrah

}}

}}

Adnan Dirjal ({{langx|ar|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 was one of Iraq's most prominent national team captains, who played as a defender. On 14 September 2021, he became the president of Iraq Football Association.{{cite web|publisher=Al-Jazeera|title=عدنان درجال يفوز برئاسة الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم ويونس محمود نائبا له|url=https://www.aljazeera.net/sport/2021/9/14/%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF}}