By IRNA,
Berlin : Former German Bundesliga player Wolfgang Sidka has signed a one-year deal to coach the the Iraqi national football, the online site of the weekly sports magazine kicker reported Monday.
This is Sidka’s second stop as a national football coach, after having trained Bahrain from 2000 to 2002.
The 56-year-old coach has also previously trained two clubs in Qatar.
Iraq will begin its Asian Cup defense in Group D with Iran, North Korea and the United Arab Emirates in January 2011.