Mahmoud Hassan Hammoud ( ar, محمود حسن حمود; 3 July 1964 – 4 December 2021), also known as Hajj Mahmoud Hammoud (), was a Lebanese football player and manager. Hammoud played as a striker for

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 ...

and the Lebanon national team during the 1980s and 1990s. He coached various

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sides, most notably Ahed and Shabab Sahel, as well as the Lebanon national team

Club career

Having joined

's youth system in 1979, Hammoud was promoted to the first team in 1983. He joined Qatari side

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in 1988 for one season, following the

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. Hammoud was the 1993–94 Lebanese Premier League top scorer with Nejmeh, scoring 15 goals during the season. In 1994, he was already captain of his team. The forward retired in 1996 having won two Lebanese FA Cups, in 1986–87 and 1988–89. During his career, Hammoud scored over 90 goals for Nejmeh.

International career

Hammoud played for both the Lebanon national under-20 and under-23 teams. Making his debut for the

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in 1985, Hammoud represented Lebanon at the

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Managerial career

Hammoud began his coaching career at newly-promoted Ahed, during the 1998–99 season. After working as an assistant coach for the Lebanon national team twice, Hammoud became the head coach of the Lebanon national under-23 team during the 2004 Summer Olympics qualifiers, between 2003 and 2004. He took charge of the Lebanon national team for a short period of time in December 2003. He was reappointed manager on 8 February 2004, before ending his managerial stint with Lebanon on 3 July of the same year. In October 2013, Hammoud became coach of Akhaa Ahli Aley, staying there until the end of the season. After helping Shabab Sahel to a historic third place in the

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, Hammoud's contract was renewed for a further season.

Death

On 6 November 2021, Hammoud tested positive for

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, amid its pandemic in Lebanon. He was sent to Sahel General Hospital in

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. Hammoud died from the virus on 4 December 2021, at the age of 57.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hammoud goal''.

Honours

Player

Nejmeh *

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: 1986–87, 1988–89 Individual * Lebanese Premier League top goalscorer: 1993–94

Manager

Ahed *

: 2014–15 *

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: 2015 *

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: 2015 Shabab Sahel *

: 2019 Individual * Lebanese Premier League Best Coach: 2009–10,

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