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Youssef Mohamad

Mohamad with 1. FC Köln in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Youssef Wasef Mohamad
Date of birth	(1980-07-01) 1 July 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Ayta el Jabal [it], Lebanon
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
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
2000–2016	Lebanon	75	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Youssef Wasef Mohamad (Template:Lang-ar, born 1 July 1980), also known as Dodo (Template:Lang-ar), is a Lebanese former professional footballer who is the technical advisor of the Lebanon national team.

Mohamad is one of the most successful players in the history of Lebanese football, captaining 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 Safa Sporting Club, signing to the first-team from the youth team. He got promoted to the first team in 1999 and played for 3 years, making 25 league appearances and scoring 3 times.

Olympic Beirut

In 2002, he transferred to Olympic Beirut, a club that was founded in 2000. Mohamed went on to win the Lebanese Premier League and Lebanese FA Cup titles in 2003.

Freiburg

Mohamad joined Freiburg from Olympic Beirut] in 2004 at the recommendation of his international teammate, Roda Antar. He scored his first goals, a brace, 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 Roda Antar.

1. FC Köln

Mohamad signed for Köln on 17 July 2007. They were promoted to the German first division for the 2008–09 season after Youssef and his team-mate Roda Antar made a great season.

In the 2009–10 season he scored against Borussia Dortmund in a thrilling but disappointing 3–2 loss. After teammate Kevin McKenna made it 2-1, Mohamad equalized the score in the 88th minute with a right footed goal. Kevin Grosskreutz then went on to snatch the victory for Borussia in the last minute. 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.

It took 92 seconds for him to see a red card on the opening day of the 2010–11 season for which he received a three match ban.

Al-Ahli

On 19 August 2011, the official website of Al-Ahli announced that they had come to an agreement with 1. FC Köln for the transfer of Mohamad to the UAE League. Mohamad had reportedly signed a two-year contract after successfully passing a medical. It was reported that Köln would not allow Mohamad to leave until they could find a replacement for him, and the club board said that it was an honour to have the Lebanese defender.

Nejmeh

In the summer of 2016, Mohamad signed with Nejmeh. 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, Mohamed debuted for Lebanon in the 1999 Pan Arab Games. On 25 June 2000, Mohamad scored a free kick, his first international goal, in a 3–1 home victory against Kuwait.

In 2000, aged 20, Mohamad was selected to represent Lebanon at the 2000 Asian Cup. This opportunity of playing in a major tournament at a young age gave him a big chance to broaden his career. On 12 October, he played a 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 would not take part in Lebanon's 1–1 draw with Thailand on 18 October.

Mohamad scored in a friendly match against Bahrain on 19 September 2003.

During 2007, Mohamad reportedly had a disagreement with Lebanon's assistant coach Adnan Meckdache where he had intensely criticized the Lebanese Football Federation and the national team coach. He was suspended by the Football Federation and would be allowed to return on the condition that he would apologize to the Lebanese F.A. and its national team coach for the critical stance.

Prior to the start of the third round World Cup qualifiers against South Korea and United Arab Emirates during September 2011, it was reported by Lebanese website sports-leb.com that Mohamad had traveled to Goyang to join the squad for the match.

Managerial career

After retiring from football, in 2016 Youssef Mohamed took the role of technical advisor for 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.

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 International Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon	Laos	1–0	7–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Player

Olympic Beirut

• Lebanese Premier League: 2002–03
• Lebanese FA Cup: 2002–03

Al Ahli Dubai

• UAE League Cup: 2011–12
• UAE President's Cup: 2012–13

See also

• List of Lebanon international footballers

References

1. ^ "Youssef Mohamad". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
2. "SC Freiburg 3–3 Greuther Fürth" (in German). kicker.de. 22 September 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
3. "Dortmund prevail in dramatic encounter". bundesliga.de. 17 January 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
4. "Al Ahli add more teeth to squad, sign Lebanese defender Mohamad". The Gulf Today. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
5. Melzer, Oliver. "FC Koln's Youssef Mohammad still not an Al Ahli player despite completing a medical in Dubai". Bettot.com. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
6. "المدافع اللبناني يوسف محمد يعلن اعتزاله". beIN SPORTS (in Arabic). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
7. "International Matches 1999 - Asia".
8. Courtney, Barrie (2 February 2005). "2000 MATCHES". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
9. Stokkermans, Karel (4 March 2011). "Asian Nations Cup 2000 Final Tournament - Extended File". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
10. Cazal, Jean-Michek (2 February 2005). "2003 MATCHES". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
11. عقد المنتخب يكتمل بانضمام محمد وديوب والسفير اللبناني يولم على شرفه (in Arabic). sports-leb.com. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

External links

• Youssef Mohamad at FA Lebanon
• Youssef Mohamad at RSSSF
• Youssef Mohamad at National-Football-Teams.com
• Youssef Mohamad at Soccerway
• Youssef Mohamad at kicker (in German)
• Youssef Mohamad at fussballdaten.de (in German)

v t e Lebanon squad – 2000 AFC Asian Cup
1 Fakih 2 Engibaryan 3 Mohamad 4 Jadir 5 El Naamani 6 Taha 7 Chahrour 8 Hijazi 9 Zein 10 Hojeij 11 Newton 12 Gilberto 13 Marcílio 14 Ghazaryan 15 Fernandes 17 F. Antar 18 Halaweh 19 Reda 20 R. Antar 21 El Fattal 22 Sakr 23 Al Jamal Coach: Skoblar

• 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