Emile Boulos Rustom ( ar, إميل بولس رستم; born 27 March 1952) is a Lebanese football coach and former player who is the head coach of club Sagesse. After playing with Sagesse for 22 years, and the Lebanon national team for nine, he became Sagesse's coach in 2005. He then coached

Nejmeh Nejmeh Sporting Club ( ar, نادي النجمة الرياضي, lit=The Star Sporting Club) is a football club based in Manara, a district in Ras Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . The club was established in Beirut in 1945, and ...

, Shabab Sahel, Safa, and Ansar. He is the first coach to win the Lebanese Premier League with two different teams (Nejmeh and Safa), as well as the first coach to coach both cross-city rivals Nejmeh and Ansar. Rustom also coached Lebanon, from 2008 to 2011. Rustom is the father of

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, a former Lebanese Premier League and Lebanon national team player.

Club career

Rustom made his league debut for Sagesse on 23 December 1966, against Antranik at the Habib Abou Chahla Stadium. He played for Sagesse for 22 years, before retiring in 1988.

International career

Rustom played the Lebanon national team for nine years, representing them at the 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in 1979.

Managerial career

He began coaching in 2005, becoming the manager of his former club Sagesse. In 2008, Rustom became the manager of both Nejmeh, with whom he remained until 2010, and the Lebanon national team. With Nejmeh, Rustom won the

2008–09 Lebanese Premier League The 2008–09 Lebanese Premier League is the 48th season of Lebanon's football league. The league kicked off on October 11, 2008, Safa SC defeated Salam Zgharta at the opener. In that game, Mohammad Kassas scored the first goal of the season for S ...

, and the 2009

Lebanese Super Cup The Lebanese Super Cup () is Lebanese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Lebanese Premier League season and the holders of the Lebanese FA Cup. If the Lebanese Premier League champions also won the Lebanese FA ...

. He coached Lebanon until 2011, before being re-appointed coach of Lebanon once again, on 5 May 2011. However, after less than three months, on 3 August Rustom resigned. After coaching Shabab Sahel during the 2013–14 season, in 2015 Rustom became manager of Safa. He won the 2015–16 league title with them, becoming the first coach to win the Lebanese Premier League with two different teams. In 2017 Rustom coached Ansar; he became the first coach to manage both Nejmeh and Ansar, who contest the

Beirut derby The Beirut derby ( ar, ديربي بيروت) is the name given in football to any match between cross-city rivals Ansar and Nejmeh. It is considered the biggest club football game in Lebanon. The derby has historically been the most anticip ...

. However, after losing both the

Lebanese Elite Cup The Lebanese Elite Cup () is a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the top six teams of the previous Lebanese Premier League season. Founded in 1996 as the Super League Cup, the first edition was contested by the top five finish ...

and Lebanese Super Cup prior to the 2017–18 league season, Rustom resigned. On 20 July 2020, Rustom was re-appointed head coach of Safa ahead of the 2020–21 season. He resigned on 2 November 2020. On 25 June 2022, Rustom was re-appointed head coach of Sagesse in the Lebanese Premier League.

Personal life

Rustom is married to Salwa Abou Sleiman, and has three children:

, Laurence, and Elie. Paul played in the

Lebanese Premier League The Lebanese First Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الأولى), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. There are 12 teams competing in the league, ...

and for the Lebanon national team. Rustom holds a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in French language and literature, in addition to training certificates from the French Federation (1981) and the Brazilian Academy (1984). In 2005 Rustom was the vice-president of Sagesse, as well as the chairman of their technical committee.

Honours

Manager

Nejmeh *

: 2008–09 *

: 2009 Safa * Lebanese Premier League: 2015–16 Individual * Lebanese Premier League Best Coach: 2008–09, 2015–16

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