Mohsen Saleh

Mohsen Saleh
Personal information
Full name Mohsen Mohammed Saleh
Date of birth (1949-06-22) 22 June 1949
Place of birthPort Said, Egypt
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Al Masry SC
Al-Tadamon SC (Kuwait)
Nejmeh SC
Al Ahly SC
International career
Egypt
Managerial career
1979Al Ahly SC (Junior Team)
1980Khaleej FC
1981–1984Al Ain FC (Junior Team)
1984–1985Shabab Al-Ahli Club
1985–1988Al-Watani
1988–1989 Port Foad
1990–1991Al Masry SC
1991–1992Mirbat SC
1994Egypt (Assistant)
1994Egypt U19
1994–1995Egypt
1996–1997Al-Najma SC
1998–1998Al Masry SC
2000–2002Ismaily SC
2002–2004Egypt
2004Al-Nassr FC
2004–2005Al-Arabi SC
2006Libya
2007Yemen
2008–2009Yemen
2009Al-Hazem F.C.
2010Smouha SC
2019–2024Al Ahly SC (Managing Director Sport)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohsen Mohammed Saleh (Arabic: مُحْسِن مُحَمَّد صَالِح) (born 22 June 1949) is an Egyptian football analyst and a former football player and manager. He was recently appointed as head of Football Planning Committee at Al Ahly club.[1]

Football career

As a midfielder, Saleh had a very successful run with the Egyptian club Al Ahly. He was also an international midfielder for the Egyptian national team. With Al Ahly, he won three Egyptian league titles. He also had spells with Egypt's Al Masry, Kuwaiti club Tadamon, and the Lebanese Nejmeh Sporting Club.

Managing career

As a manager, Saleh's greatest successes came while managing the Egyptian football club Ismaily. He led them to an Egyptian Cup title in 2000 as well as an Egyptian League title in 2002. He also has a 2nd division League title for Saudi Arabian club El-Watany to his name. Additionally, he won Kuwait Crown Prince Cup with Al Araby club in 2006. As an assistant coach, Saleh helped his former club Al Ahly to two Egyptian league titles. In 2002 the Egyptian Football Association awarded Saleh with the 'Best Coach of the Year' title for the year 2002.

Managerial history

  • 1979: Ahly Junior Team and assistant coach for the first team (Egypt)
  • 1980: El-Khaleeg (Saudi Arabia)
  • 1981-1984: El-Ain Junior Team (United Arab Emirates)
  • 1984-1985: El-Ahly Dubai (United Arab Emirates) (Assistant)
  • 1985-1988: El-Watany (Saudi Arabia) (Saudi 2nd division League Champion 1987)
  • 1988-1989: Port Foad (Egypt) (Qualified to the Egyptian Premier League after long absence)
  • 1990-1991: Al Masry (Egypt)
  • 1991-1992: Mirbat (Oman)
  • 1994: Egyptian National Team (Assistant)
  • 1994: Egyptian Youth Team U19
  • 1995: Egyptian National Team
  • 1996-1997: Negma (Saudi Arabia)
  • 1997-1999: Al Masry (Egypt) (African Cup semifinal 1999)
  • 1999-2002: Al Ismaily (Egypt) (Egyptian Cup Champion 2000 / CAF winners' Cup runner-Up 2000 / Egyptian League runner-up 2000 / Egyptian League Champion 2002)
  • 2002-2004: Egyptian National Team
  • 2004: Al Nasr (Saudi Arabia)
  • 2005: Al Araby (Kuwait)
  • 2006: Libyan National Football Team
  • 2007: Yemeni National Football Team
  • 2008-2009: Yemeni National Football Team
  • 2009: Hazem (Saudi Arabia)
  • 2010: Semoha (Egypt)
  • August-2010: Saleh retired from coaching

Media career

Saleh worked as a Football Analyst for multiple tv channels, including Nile Sports, Melody Sports, Orbit, Al Jazeera Sports, Abu Dhabi Sports channels.https://twitter.com/MohsenSaleh

Managerial statistics

As of match played 6 August 2010
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Egypt1 July 1994 1 November 1995 5401080.0
Al Masry SC12 October 1998 10 December 1998 1001000.0
Ismaily SC1 January 2000 30 June 2002 5832179055.2
Egypt1 July 2002 1 March 2004 221255054.5
Al-Arabi SC1 July 2004 15 November 2005 4929812059.2
Smouha SC18 May 2010 6 August 2010 2002000.0
Total 138783030056.5

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