Mohamed Youssef (footballer)

Mohamed Youssef (Arabic: محمد يوسف‎; born 9 October 1970) is an Egyptian professional footballer who played as a defender for several clubs in Egypt, Turkey and Egypt national team.

Mohamed Youssef
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Youssef
Date of birth (1970-10-09) 9 October 1970
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Bank El Ahly (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1999 Al Ahly
1999–2001 Denizlispor
2001–2002 Diyarbakirspor
2002–2004 ENPPI
National team
1993–2001 Egypt 95 (0)
Teams managed
2009–2013 Al Ahly (Assist.)
2013–2013 Al Ahly (Caretaker)
2013–2014 Al Ahly
2014–2015 Al-Shorta
2015–2015 Smouha
2017–2017 Petrojet
2018–2018 Al Ahly (Assist.)
2018–2018 Al Ahly (Caretaker)
2018–2019 Al Ahly (Assist.)
2019–2019 Al Ahly (Caretaker)
2020– Bank El Ahly
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Youssef began his professional career in the Egyptian Premier League with Al Ahly, winning six league titles over an eight-year period. In 1999, he moved to Turkey where he played in the Super Lig for Denizlispor and Diyarbakirspor. He returned to Egypt to play with Egyptian Premier League side ENPPI.[1]

International career

Youssef has started his career with the U-17 national team and played with them at the 1987 U-17 world Cup in Canada and also played with the U-19 national team.

Youssef was the captain of the Egyptian team in the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics and scored a goal against Colombia. He made his debut with the first Egyptian national team in a 1994 African Nations Cup qualifier against Morocco on 11 July 1993. Youssef made 95 appearances for Egypt national football team, including three matches at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, three qualifying matches for the 1998 FIFA World Cup and two qualifying matches for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[2] He won with Egypt the 1998 African Nations Cup, and also played in the 1994 African Nations Cup and 2000 African Nations Cup.[3][4]

Coaching career

Youssef began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Al–Ahly's first team in June 2009 until April 2013.

On May 7th, 2013, Youssef was promoted as head coach. He led Al-Ahly to win the 2013 CAF Champions League, and reached the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup. in Morocco. On May 1st, 2014, he resigned from Al-Ahly. On July 23rd, 2014, he was appointed as manager of Iraqi Premier League champions Al Shorta SC.[5] Despite winning 11 and drawing 4 of the 15 league games he took charge of and was leading their group in the AFC Cup, he was sacked in May 2015. In July 2015, he became head coach of Smouha in the Egyptian premier league, playing also with the Alexandrian club in the CAF champions league. In July 2016, he returned to Iraqi Premier League Al Shorta SC as head coach.

In July 2017, he became head coach of Petrojet in the Egyptian premier league. In June 2018, Youssef returned to Al-Ahly as an assistant coach and sports director till the end of his contract on 31 August 2019.

On October 19, 2020, he was appointed as the head coach of the newly-promoted National Bank of Egypt.[6]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 21 December 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Al Ahly SC (Caretaker) 29 April 2013 7 May 2013 2 2 0 0 100.0
Al Ahly SC 7 May 2013 2 May 2014 39 20 8 11 051.3
Al-Shorta SC 21 July 2014 14 July 2015 30 18 8 4 060.0
Smouha SC 14 July 2015 1 November 2015 11 2 4 5 018.2
Petrojet SC 30 April 2017 31 December 2017 27 6 8 13 022.2
Al Ahly SC 23 November 2018 17 December 2018 6 5 0 1 083.3
Al Ahly SC 18 August 2019 31 August 2019 1 1 0 0 100.0
Bank El Ahly 19 October 2020 ""Present"" 3 1 1 1 033.3
Total 119 55 29 35 046.2 —

Honors

Player
Al Ahly

International

Manager
Al-Ahly

References
  1. "MOHAMMED YOUSSEF". TFF. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  2. Mohamed Youssef – FIFA competition record
  3. "African Nations Cup 1994 – Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  4. "African Nations Cup 1998 – Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  5. "Mohamed Youssef appointed as coach of Iraqi side Al-Shorta". King Fut. 23 July 2014.
  6. "Bank Al Ahly appoint Mohamed Youssef as their new head coach". King Fut. 19 October 2020.
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