Jesús Casas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Casas and the second or maternal family name is García.

Jesús Casas

Personal information
Full name	Jesús Casas García
Date of birth	(1973-10-23) 23 October 1973
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Team information
Current team	Iraq (manager)
Youth career
	GE CASA
1985–1992	Cádiz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1993	Balón de Cádiz
1993–1995	Cádiz B
1994–1995	→ Sanluqueño (loan)
1995–1996	Jerez Industrial
1996–1998	Chiclana
1998–2001	Puerto Real
2001–2002	Jerez Industrial
2002–2003	Puerto Real
Managerial career
2003–2004	Cádiz (youth)
2004–2005	Cádiz B (assistant)
2005–2007	Balón de Cádiz (youth)
2007–2008	Balón de Cádiz
2008–2009	Cádiz B
2009–2010	Rota
2010–2011	Deportes Romero
2012–2013	Conil
2013–2014	Balón de Cádiz (youth)
2018	Watford (assistant)
2018–2022	Spain (assistant)
2022–	Iraq
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jesús Casas García (born 23 October 1973) is a Spanish football coach and current manager of the Iraq national team.

Managerial and coaching career

Early career

Casas began his coaching career at age 29 with the youth sides of Cádiz CF. He later worked as match analyst for SD Eibar and FC Barcelona B, before becoming a scout and match analyst at FC Barcelona. He then returned to Cádiz, to become a director of their youth department, and in January 2018, he became an assistant to Javi Gracia at Watford.

In summer 2018, Casas became an assistant to Luis Enrique and Robert Moreno in the Spain national team, a position he held until February 2022.

Iraq

On 5 November 2022, the IFA confirmed that Casas would take charge of the national team for four years on an annual payment of $1m split into monthly wages. Radhi Shenaishil was supposed to lead the national team for the Mexico and Ecuador friendly games in Spain, while Casas would take charge of the games against Costa Rica and Venezuela in Iraq, with his first game coming on 17 November 2022. The following matches were cancelled, as for Costa Rica match due to passport stamp issues at the border, while the match against Venezuela was called off for an unknown reason. He began with the national team officially on 30 December 2022 in a friendly against Kuwait as a preparatory match for the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup in Basra, which they eventually won after a 3–2 victory over Oman in the final, to be their first title in the competition since 1988.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 19 January 2023

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Iraq	5 November 2022	present	6	5	1	0	083.33
Total			6	5	1	0	083.33

Honours

Manager

Iraq

• Arabian Gulf Cup: 2023

External links

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