Salman Ahmed Rashed Shareeda (Arabic: سلمان أحمد راشد شريدة; born 19 May 1952) is a Bahraini football coach and former player who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Shareeda began his youth career at Al-Muharraq's youth sector in the late 1960s, coached by his older brother Rashid.[2] He made his first-team debut in the 1972–73 Bahraini Premier League,[2] becoming a key player for the club by helping them win numerous domestic titles.[2] Shareeda retired as a player in 1981, due to injury problems.[2]
Shareeda played the opening game of the 5th Arabian Gulf Cup, held in 1979, against hosts Iraq; this was ultimately his last international game, as he withdrew injured.[2]
Managerial career
Sharida began coaching in the late 1980s, as head coach of Al-Muharraq's youth sector.[2] He then coached the Bahrain under-20s at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile.[2]
Having already coached the Bahrain national team, Sharida was appointed head coach of the Pakistan national team on a one-year contract in October 2005,[3] becoming Pakistan's first head coach from the Gulf region,[3] and the first Bahraini to coach outside of Bahrain.[2] Sharida coached Pakistan at the 2005 SAFF Championship.[3] Pakistan lost some very close games in the 2006 Asian Games, against Japan 3-2 and against the UAE 2–1.[4]
In 2013 and 2014, Sharida took charge of Al-Muharraq.[7][8] He coached Hidd in 2015 and 2016.[9] In October 2016, Sharida was appointed head coach of Riffa.[10] He coached Al-Muharraq in 2018,[11] and Hidd since 2021.[12]
References
^ ab"Salman Sharida". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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