Mohamed Youssef (footballer)

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.

Mohamed Youssef
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-10-09) 9 October 1970 (age 54)
Place of birthCairo, Egypt
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1999Al Ahly
1999–2001Denizlispor
2001–2002Diyarbakirspor
2002–2004ENPPI
International career
1993–2001Egypt95(0)
Managerial career
2009–2013Al Ahly (assistant)
2013Al Ahly (caretaker)
2013–2014Al Ahly
2014–2015Al-Shorta
2015Smouha
2016–2017Al-Shorta
2017Petrojet
2018Al Ahly (assistant)
2018Al Ahly (caretaker)
2018–2019Al Ahly (assistant)
2019Al Ahly (caretaker)
2020–2021Bank El Ahly
2021Future (technical director)
2022–2023Tala'ea El Gaish
2024Egypt (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 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 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

As of match played 2 December 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecordRef.
PWDLWin %
Al Ahly SC (Caretaker)29 April 20137 May 20132200100.0
Al Ahly SC7 May 20132 May 20143920811051.3
Al-Shorta SC21 July 20142 May 2015201271060.0
Smouha SC14 July 20151 November 201511245018.2
Al-Shorta SC29 June 201629 March 2017241293050.0
Petrojet SC30 April 201731 December 2017276813022.2
Al Ahly SC23 November 201817 December 20186501083.3
Al Ahly SC18 August 201931 August 20191100100.0
Bank El Ahly19 October 202017 February 202114176007.1
Tala'ea El Gaish3 November 20229 February 202314266014.3
Total158634946039.9

Honors

Player

Al Ahly

International

Manager

Al-Ahly

References