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Mohamed Youssef
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-10-09) 9 October 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1999 Al Ahly
1999–2001 Denizlispor
2001–2002 Diyarbakirspor
2002–2004 ENPPI
International career
1993–2001 Egypt 95 (0)
Managerial career
2009–2013 Al Ahly (assistant)
2013 Al Ahly (caretaker)
2013–2014 Al Ahly
2014–2015 Al-Shorta
2015 Smouha
2016–2017 Al-Shorta
2017 Petrojet
2018 Al Ahly (assistant)
2018 Al Ahly (caretaker)
2018–2019 Al Ahly (assistant)
2019 Al Ahly (caretaker)
2020–2021 Bank El Ahly
2021 Future (technical director)
2022–2023 Tala'ea El Gaish
2024 Egypt (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

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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

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Youssef 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

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

On 7 May 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 1 May 2014, he resigned from Al-Ahly. On 23 July 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 19 October 2020, he was appointed as the head coach of the newly promoted National Bank of Egypt.[6] In November 2022, he was appointed as head coach of Tala'ea El Gaish, following a tenure as technical director at Future in 2021.[7]

On 4 February 2024, he was named as caretaker coach of the Egyptian national team, following the dismissal of Rui Vitória.[8] Two days later, Hossam Hassan became the head coach of Egypt, and Youssef refused to take an administrative manager role.[9]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 2 December 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
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 2 May 2015 20 12 7 1 060.0
Smouha SC 14 July 2015 1 November 2015 11 2 4 5 018.2
Al-Shorta SC 29 June 2016 29 March 2017 24 12 9 3 050.0
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 17 February 2021 14 1 7 6 007.1
Tala'ea El Gaish 3 November 2022 9 February 2023 14 2 6 6 014.3
Total 158 63 49 46 039.9 —

Honors

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Player

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Al Ahly

International

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Manager

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Al-Ahly

References

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  1. ^ "MOHAMMED YOUSSEF". TFF. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  2. ^ Mohamed Youssef – FIFA competition record (archived)
  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". KingFut. 19 October 2020.
  7. ^ "OFFICIAL: Ex-Al Ahly boss Mohamed Youssef takes charge of El-Gaish". KingFut. 5 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Mohamed Youssef named Egypt's caretaker manager". KingFut. 4 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Mohamed Youssef turns down Egypt role after Hossam Hassan appointment". KingFut. 6 February 2024.
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