Mohamed Youssef ( ar, محمد يوسف; born 9 October 1970) is an Egyptian professional

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who played as a defender for several clubs in Egypt, Turkey and Egypt national team.

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

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and Diyarbakirspor. He returned to Egypt to play with Egyptian Premier League side ENPPI.

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 The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

and scored a goal against Colombia. He made his debut with the first Egyptian national team in a

1994 African Nations Cup The 1994 African Cup of Nations was the 19th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia, who replaced original hosts Zaire. Just as in 1992, the field of twelve teams wa ...

qualifier against

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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

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. He won with Egypt the

1998 African Nations Cup The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (ACN), the national football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Just like in 1996, the field o ...

, and also played in the

and 2000 African Nations Cup.

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 7, 2013, Youssef was promoted as head coach. He led Al-Ahly to win the

2013 CAF Champions League The 2013 CAF Champions League (also known as the 2013 Orange CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 49th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 17th ed ...

, and reached the

2013 FIFA Club World Cup The 2013 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament betwe ...

. in Morocco. On May 1, 2014, he resigned from Al-Ahly. On July 23, 2014, he was appointed as manager of

Iraqi Premier League The Iraqi Premier League ( ar, الدوري العراقي الممتاز) is the top level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and operates on a system of promotion ...

champions

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. 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

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in the Egyptian premier league, playing also with the Alexandrian club in the CAF champions league. In July 2016, he returned to

as head coach. In July 2017, he became head coach of

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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.

Managerial statistics

Honors

Player

;Al Ahly * Egyptian Premier League: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99 *

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: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96 *Egyptian Confederation Cup: 1989 * African Cup Winners' Cup:

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Arab Champions Cup The Arab Club Champions Cup ( ar, كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال, french: Ligue des Champions Arabe) is an annual regional club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by eli ...

: 1996 *

Arab Super Cup The Arab Super Cup ( ar, الكأس العربية الممتازة) was an Arab football competition, held between four teams (the winners and runners-up of both the Arab Club Champions Cup and the Arab Cup Winners' Cup) each year. History The ...

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

Arab Cup Winners' Cup The Arab Cup Winners' Cup ( ar, الكأس العربية للأندية الفائزة بالكؤوس) was a football competition between the winning clubs of national cup competitions in Arab nations. It started in 1989 and merged with the Arab ...

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International

* African Cup of Nations:

Manager

;Al-Ahly * CAF Champions League:

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* CAF Super Cup:

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References

External links

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Profile at Dr. Tarek Said's Homepage

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