Youssef Wasef Mohamad ( ar, يوسف واصف محمد; born 1 July 1980), also known as Dodo (), is a Lebanese former professional

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who is the

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of the Lebanon national team. Mohamad is one of the most successful players in the history of Lebanese football, captaining 1. FC Köln during his spell with the club in the

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, as well as the Lebanon national team.

Club career

Safa

Mohamad began his career at

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side Safa, signing to the first-team from the youth team. He got promoted to the first team in 1999 and played for three years, making 25 league appearances and scoring 3 times.

Olympic Beirut

In summer 2002, he transferred to Olympic Beirut. Mohamad went on to win the domestic double (

and

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) in the 2002–03 season.

Freiburg

Mohamad joined

side

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in 2004, at the recommendation of his international teammate,

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. He scored his first goals, a

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, in a 3–3 draw against Greuther Fürth on 22 September 2006. Although Freiburg were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, Mohamad remained there until his transfer to 1. FC Köln in 2007 along with

1. FC Köln

Mohamad signed for Köln on 17 July 2007. He helped them gain promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2008–09 season. In the 2009–10 season, he scored against

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in a last-minute 3–2 defeat; Mohamad equalized the score in the 88th minute with a right footed goal. Mohamad received three yellow cards throughout the season. In January 2010, Köln coach

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announced that Mohamad would be the

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of the club. He became the third Arab player to captain a Bundesliga club, after Egyptian player

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and Tunisian player

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. It took him 92 seconds to receive a

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on the opening day of the 2010–11 season on 21 August 2010, a 3–1 defeat to 1. FC Kaiserslautern; it was the fastest red card in Bundesliga history.

Al-Ahli

In August 2011,

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side Al-Ahli announced the signing of Mohamad on a two-year deal.

Nejmeh

In September 2016, Mohamad returned to Lebanon, signing with

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. However he did not manage a single appearance as he was ruled out for injury; he subsequently retired from football in September of the same year.

International career

On 16 August 1999, Mohamad debuted for Lebanon in the 1999 Pan Arab Games. On 25 June 2000, Mohamad scored a

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, his first international goal, in a 3–1 home victory against

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. In 2000, aged 20, Mohamad was selected to represent Lebanon at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup. On 12 October, he played the full 90 minutes in Lebanon's opening 4–0 loss against

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. On 15 October, he was substituted onto the field in the 89th minute for Abbas Chahrour in a 2–2 draw against

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. However, he didn't take part in Lebanon's 1–1 draw with

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on 18 October. In 2007, Mohamad reportedly had a disagreement with Lebanon's assistant coach

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, where he had intensely criticized the

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(LFA) and the national team coach. He was suspended by the LFA and would be allowed to return on the condition that he would apologize to the LFA and its national team coach. Prior to the start of the third round of qualification for the

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game against

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and the

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in September 2011, it was reported that Mohamad had traveled to Goyang, South Korea to join the squad for the match. Mohamad announced his retirement from international football in April 2016.

Managerial career

After retiring from football, in December 2016 Mohamad took the role of technical advisor of the Lebanon national team.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Olympic Beirut *

: 2002–03 *

: 2002–03 Al-Ahli *

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: 2011–12 *

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: 2012–13 Individual *

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All-time Lebanon Men's Dream Team *

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: 2002–03, 2003–04

References

External links

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohamad, Youssef Living people 1980 births Lebanese footballers People from Bint Jbeil District Lebanese Muslims Association football defenders Safa SC players Olympic Beirut players SC Freiburg players 1. FC Köln players Al Ahli Club (Dubai) players Nejmeh SC players Lebanese Premier League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players UAE Pro League players Lebanon youth international footballers Lebanon international footballers 2000 AFC Asian Cup players Asian Games competitors for Lebanon Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Lebanese expatriate footballers Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Association football agents Association football coaches