Luay Salah

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Luay Salah

| image =

| fullname = Luay Salah Hassan Al-Khafaji

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|2|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Baghdad, Iraq

| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Second striker, Striker

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1998–2001

| years2 = 2001–2002

| years3 = 2002–2006

| years4 = 2006–2007

| years5 = 2007–2015

| years6 = 2015–2018

| clubs1 = Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

| clubs2 = Al-Zawraa

| clubs3 = Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

| clubs4 = Persepolis

| clubs5 = Erbil

| clubs6 = Al-Zawraa

| caps1 =

| goals1 = 9

| caps2 =

| goals2 = 3

| caps3 =

| goals3 = 19

| caps4 = 8

| goals4 = 2

| caps5 =

| goals5 = 80

| caps6 =

| goals6 = 10

| totalcaps = –

| totalgoals = 123

| nationalyears1 = 2002–2012

| nationalteam1 = Iraq

| nationalcaps1 = 23

| nationalgoals1 = 4

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate = 10 July 2009

| currentclub = Al-Kahrabaa (Manager)

| manageryears1 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs1 = Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Assist. coach)

| manageryears2 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs2 = Naft Al-Wasat (Assist. coach)

| manageryears3 = 2021

| managerclubs3 = Naft Al-Wasat (Caretaker)

| manageryears4 = 2021

| managerclubs4 = Erbil SC

| manageryears5 = 2021–

| managerclubs5 = Al-Kahrabaa

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

{{Medal|Country|{{fb|IRQ}}}}

}}

Luay Salah Hassan Al-Khafaji ({{langx|ar|لُؤَيّ صَلَاح حَسَن الْخَفَاجِيّ}}; born 7 February 1982 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi former football player. He played for the Iraq national team as well as for the Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Zawraa, Persepolis and Erbil clubs.{{cite web|url=https://iraqsport.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/issued-ids-proves-iraq-fa-fielded-overaged-youth-side-in-2000/|title=Issued Ids Prove Iraq Fa Fielded Overaged Youth Side In 2000

|first=Hassanin|last=Mubarak|publisher=iraqsport.wordpress.com|date=3 May 2016|accessdate=8 January 2016}} He scored 121 Iraqi Premier League goals in his career.

Info

After helping Al Quwa Al Jawiya to the Iraq league title in 2005, Louay Salah Hassan moved to Iran Pro League side Persepolis the following season. The 25-year-old striker gained AFC Champions League experience with Al Quwa Al Jawiya in 2004, scoring a goal against Al Sadd. He was part of the Iraq national team which won the gold medal in the West Asian Games in 2005.

Salah excelled at club level, scoring ten times to steer Arbil FC to the Iraqi league championship in the 2007/08 season, an achievement that earned the club a place at this year's AFC Cup.

At the continental level he netted two goals in the ensuing AFC Cup to steer Arbil FC through to the last 16. In the all-Iraqi affair against compatriots Al Zawra'a, he was again on target as his club emerged 3-1 winners to book a place in the quarter-finals.

The 27-year-old's scoring did not go unnoticed by the newly appointed Iraq coach Bora Miluntinovic, who rewarded him with a place in Iraq's FIFA Confederation Cup squad.

International goals

:Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.

class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1	23 November 2002	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha	{{fb\|Bahrain}}	align=center \| 2–2	align=center \| 2–2	Friendly match
2	1 December 2005	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan	{{fb\|Palestine}}	align=center \| 3–0	align=center \| 4–0	2005 West Asian Games
3	8 December 2005	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan	{{fb\|Saudi Arabia}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 2–0	2005 West Asian Games
4	10 July 2009	Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil	{{fb\|PLE}}	align=center \| 3–0	align=center \| 3–0	Friendly match

Coaching career

=[[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]]=

Luay Salah started as an assistant coach to Ayoub Odisho in Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in march of 2019.{{cite news|date=8 March 2019|title=بانتظار الاعلان الرسمي.. أوديشو مدرباً للقوة الجوية|trans-title=Awaiting the official announcement ... Odisho is an Air Force trainer|url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/news/262945/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9/ar|work=Alsumaria news|language=Arabic|access-date=1 March 2020}}

Managerial statistics

class=wikitable style=text-align:center \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
rowspan=2\|Team !rowspan=2\|From !rowspan=2\|To !colspan=5\|Record !rowspan=2\|{{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
{{abbr\|P\|Matches played}}	{{abbr\|W\|Matches won}}	{{abbr\|D\|Matches drawn}}	{{abbr\|L\|Matches lost}}	{{abbr\|Win %\|Win percentage}}
align=left\|Naft Al-Wasat SC (Caretaker) \|align=left\|19 January 2021 \|align=left\|21 January 2021 {{WDL\|1\|0\|1\|0\|decimals=1}}
align=left\|Erbil SC \|align=left\|11 February 2021 \|align=left\|15 May 2021 {{WDL\|14\|4\|5\|5\|decimals=1}}
align=left\|Al-Kahrabaa FC \|align=left\|9 August 2021 \|align=left\|""Present"" {{WDL\|43\|16\|12\|15\|decimals=1}}
colspan=3\|Total {{WDLtot\|58\|20\|18\|20\|decimals=1}} !—

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|From

!rowspan=2|To

!colspan=5|Record

!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

align=left|Naft Al-Wasat SC (Caretaker)

|align=left|19 January 2021

|align=left|21 January 2021

align=left|Erbil SC

|align=left|11 February 2021