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Well-known Dutch strategist Dick Advocaat, who is 73 years old, has chosen quite an unexpected career move - he will specialize in coaching the Iraqi national team. According to the Iraqi Football Federation, this job has always been what D. Advocaat wanted throughout his career. The salary in this position should not be bad, so there may be some truth in this statement.
The Iraq national football team has existed since 1923, and since 1962, according to Wikipedia data, the Iraqi Football Federation has managed to change coaches even 73 times, who have managed to lead this Asian team in at least one match. D. Advocaat will be the 74th.
The legendary Zico has also coached the Iraq national team. Iraq has participated in the FIFA World Cup only once (in Mexico in 1986) and in the FIFA Confederations Cup only once (in South Africa in 2009).
Meanwhile, Dick Advocaat has been a professional coach since 1980. Since then, the Dutchman has worked in 21 different places, including 2 times with the "AZ" team, once with the United Arab Emirates national team, 3 times with the Netherlands national team, once with the Russia national team, and 2 times with the "PSV" club.
