Imad Ashur

Imad Ashur (Ukrainian: Імад Халед Ашур; born 19 April 1988) is a Ukrainian football manager of Polissya Zhytomyr.

Imad Ashur
Personal information
Full nameImad Haled Ashur
Date of birth (1988-04-19) 19 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birthOdesa, Ukrainian SSR
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Homenetmen Beirut
Real Odesa
Managerial career
–2017DYuFK Krok Odesa
2017–2019Chornomorets SDYuShOR (assistant)
2019–2021Aspire Academy (assistant)
2021–2022SC Dnipro-1 U-19 (assistant)
2023–2024SC Dnipro-1 U-19
2023Ukraine U-17 (assistant)
2023–Ukraine U-21 (assistant)
2024–Polissya Zhytomyr
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Ashur was born in Odesa to parents from Lebanon. During his footballer career, Ashur played for the Armenian diaspora club Homenetmen Beirut in Lebanon as well as several Odesa-based amateur level clubs Evolution, Soborka, Real, Atletik.[1]

In 2009 he graduated the Odesa University.[1] Also, Ashur holds a UEFA A coaching license.[1]

His coaching career Ashur started at children football club "Krok" from Odesa.[1] In 2017–2019 he was a coach at the Chornomorets football academy (SDYuShOR).[1] For short while he travelled abroad to Qatar and later returned to Ukraine joining the SC Dnipro-1 coaching staff.[1] Since 2023 Ashur was involved in coaching of the Ukraine junior national football teams.

On 26 May 2024 it was announced that Imad Ashur was appointed a manager of the UPL club Polissya.[2][3]

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