Youssef Mohamad
Mohamad with 1. FC Köln in 2007
Personal information
Full name Youssef Wassef Mohamad[1]
Date of birth (1980-07-01) 1 July 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Ayta al-Jabal, Lebanon[1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Lebanon (assistant coach)
Youth career
Safa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Safa 25+ (4)
2002–2004 Olympic Beirut (4)
2004–2007 SC Freiburg 87 (9)
2007–2011 1. FC Köln 120 (10)
2011–2013 Al-Ahli 35 (5)
2016 Nejmeh 0 (0)
Total 267+ (32)
International career
2002 Lebanon U23
1999–2016 Lebanon 81 (3)
Managerial career
2016–2022 Lebanon (technical advisor)
2022– Lebanon (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Youssef Wassef Mohamad (Arabic: يوسف واصف محمد; born 1 July 1980), also known as Dodo (Arabic: دودو), is a Lebanese former professional footballer who is assistant coach 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 Bundesliga, as well as the Lebanon national team.

Club career

Safa

Mohamad began his career at Lebanese Premier League side Safa,[2] signing to the first-team from the youth team.[citation needed] He got promoted to the first team in 1999 and played for three years, making 25 league appearances and scoring 3 times.[citation needed]

Olympic Beirut

In summer 2002, he transferred to Olympic Beirut.[3] Mohamad went on to win the domestic double (Lebanese Premier League and Lebanese FA Cup) in the 2002–03 season.[2]

Freiburg

Mohamad joined Bundesliga side SC Freiburg in 2004,[2] at the recommendation of his international teammate, Roda Antar.[citation needed] He scored his first goals, a brace, in a 3–3 draw against Greuther Fürth on 22 September 2006.[4] Although Freiburg were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, Mohamad remained there until his transfer to 1. FC Köln in 2007 along with Roda Antar.[citation needed]

1. FC Köln

Mohamad with 1. FC Köln in 2009

Mohamad signed for Köln on 17 July 2007.[citation needed] He helped them gain promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2008–09 season.[citation needed]

In the 2009–10 season, he scored against Borussia Dortmund in a last-minute 3–2 defeat; Mohamad equalized the score in the 88th minute with a right footed goal.[5] Mohamad received three yellow cards throughout the season.

In January 2010, Köln coach Zvonimir Soldo announced that Mohamad would be the captain of the club.[2] He became the third Arab player to captain a Bundesliga club, after Egyptian player Hany Ramzy and Tunisian player Zoubeir Baya.[2]

It took him 92 seconds to receive a red card 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.[6]

Al-Ahli

In August 2011, UAE Pro League side Al-Ahli announced the signing of Mohamad on a two-year deal.[7]

Nejmeh

In September 2016, Mohamad returned to Lebanon, signing with Nejmeh.[8] 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.[9]

International career

On 16 August 1999, Mohamad debuted for Lebanon in the 1999 Pan Arab Games.[10] On 25 June 2000, Mohamad scored a free kick, his first international goal, in a 3–1 home victory against Kuwait.[11]

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 Iran. On 15 October, he was substituted onto the field in the 89th minute for Abbas Chahrour in a 2–2 draw against Iraq. However, he didn't take part in Lebanon's 1–1 draw with Thailand on 18 October.[12]

In 2007, Mohamad reportedly had a disagreement with Lebanon's assistant coach Adnan Al Sharqi, where he had intensely criticized the Lebanese Football Association (LFA) and the national team coach.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

Prior to the start of the third round of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup game against South Korea and the United Arab Emirates in September 2011, it was reported that Mohamad had traveled to Goyang, South Korea to join the squad for the match.[13]

Mohamad announced his retirement from international football in April 2016.[14]

Managerial career

After retiring from football, in December 2016 Mohamad took the role of technical advisor of the Lebanon national team.[15] He became assistant coach of the national team in 2022.[16]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League
Division Apps Goals
Safa 1999–00 Lebanese Premier League 1
2000–01 Lebanese Premier League 11 2
2001–02 Lebanese Premier League 14 1
Total 25+ 4
Olympic Beirut 2002–03 Lebanese Premier League 0
2003–04 Lebanese Premier League 4
Total 4
SC Freiburg 2004–05 Bundesliga 29 0
2005–06 2. Bundesliga 27 1
2006–07 2. Bundesliga 31 8
Total 87 9
1. FC Köln 2007–08 2. Bundesliga 31 5
2008–09 Bundesliga 30 1
2009–10 Bundesliga 31 2
2010–11 Bundesliga 28 2
Total 120 10
Al-Ahli 2011–12 UAE Pro League 13 2
2012–13 UAE Pro League 22 3
2013–14 UAE Pro League 0 0
Total 35 5
Nejmeh 2016–17 Lebanese Premier League 0 0
Career total 267+ 32+

International

Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mohamad goal.
List of international goals scored by Youssef Mohamad
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 25 June 2000 Tripoli Municipal Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon  Kuwait 3–1 3–1 Friendly
2 19 September 2003 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain  Bahrain 2–4 3–4 Friendly
3 12 November 2015 Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon  Laos 1–0 7–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Olympic Beirut

Al-Ahli

Individual

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Youssef Mohamad". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "يوسف محمد جوهرة لبنانية تألقت في البوندسليجا". كووورة. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  3. ^ Limited, Elaph Publishing (10 August 2002). "3 لاعبين جددالى اولمبيك بيروت". Elaph - إيلاف (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  4. ^ "SC Freiburg 3–3 Greuther Fürth" (in German). kicker.de. 22 September 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Dortmund prevail in dramatic encounter". bundesliga.de. 17 January 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  6. ^ NDR. "Vor 50 Jahren: Erste Rote Karte in der Fußball-Bundesliga". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Mohamad nach Dubai - wer folgt in Köln?". koeln.de (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  8. ^ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  9. ^ "المدافع اللبناني يوسف محمد يعلن اعتزاله". beIN SPORTS (in Arabic). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  10. ^ "International Matches 1999 - Asia".
  11. ^ Courtney, Barrie (2 February 2005). "2000 MATCHES". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  12. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (4 March 2011). "Asian Nations Cup 2000 Final Tournament - Extended File". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  13. ^ عقد المنتخب يكتمل بانضمام محمد وديوب والسفير اللبناني يولم على شرفه (in Arabic). sports-leb.com. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  14. ^ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  15. ^ "دودو والدقة ينضمان للجهاز الفني لمنتخب لبنان". كووورة. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  16. ^ "منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم إلى دبي". IMLebanon. 24 December 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  17. ^ "IFFHS Men's All Time Lebanon Dream Team". IFFHS. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  18. ^ مهرجان كرة المنار. Shoot (in Arabic) (498 ed.). 4 July 2003. p. 16.
  19. ^ البرازيلي أديلسون أفضل لاعب في استفتاء المنار للبطولة الأخيرة في بيروت. saba.ye (in Arabic). 18 August 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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