Yousuf Adam Mahmoud

Yousuf Adam Mahmoud or Yousef Adam (Arabic: يوسف آدم محمود‎; born 12 September 1972) is a Qatari-Somali[2] former football player and current manager of Al Kharaitiyat. He is the first Qatari football manager to have coached in Africa.[2] He also competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[3]

Yusef Adam
Personal information
Full name Yousuf Adam Mahmoud
Date of birth (1972-09-12) 12 September 1972
Place of birth Qatar
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Al Kharaitiyat (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2006 Al-Ittihad (Doha)[lower-alpha 1][1] 114 (8)
2006–2008 Al Shamal 7 (0)
2008–2009 Umm Salal 1 (0)
National team
2000–2006 Qatar 40 (0)
Teams managed
2010 Mesaimeer
2010 Somalia
2010 Somalia U23
2010–2011 Umm Salal (Assistant)
2011–2012 Qatar U–20 (Assistant)
2013 Al Shahaniya
2014 El Jaish
2014–2015 Mesaimeer
2015–2016 Al Ahli (Assistant)
2016 Al Ahli (Caretaker)
2016–2017 Al Ahli
2017–2018 Al-Markhiya
2018– Al Kharaitiyat
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Managerial career

In 2010, Adam coached Mesaimeer SC in the Qatargas League.[4] Later in 2010, he coached both the Somalia national team[5] and the Somalia Olympic team.[6] While in charge of Somalia, the team participated in the 2010 CECAFA Cup. With an average squad age of 20, Somalia lost all of its group stage matches, including 0–6 against Zambia.[7]

He was unveiled as the new coach of lower tier club Al Shahaniya in February 2013.[8] He was named as El Jaish's new head coach on 15 January 2014.[9]

He was in charge of Mesaimeer SC in the 2014–15 season, helping the club win promotion from the Qatargas League to the Qatar Stars League for the first time in its history.[10] He left the club in May 2015.[11] In June 2015, he was confirmed as assistant coach of Al Ahli.[12] On 11 November 2018, he became the manager of Al Kharaitiyat.[13]

Notes
  1. renamed Al Gharafa in 2004

References
  1. "Player profile". kooora.com. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. "النجم القطري الصومالي الأصل يوسف آدم: قيادتي لـ "الصومال" شهادة ثقة للمدرب القطري!" (in Arabic). alshahid.net. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yousuf Adam Mahmoud Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  4. "يوسف آدم يلهب الحماس في صفوف مسيمير ويرفع معدل التركيز" (in Arabic). Al Arab. 9 April 2010. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
  5. "Cecafa Tusker Challenge Cup, Day Seven (7): Somalia routed again". Kenyan Premier League. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  6. "U-23 await Sudan Clash". Somali Football Federation's Official Website. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  7. "Zambia inflict heaviest defeat on Somalia". Standard Digital. 4 December 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  8. "يوسف آدم مدربا للشحانية" (in Arabic). Al-Sharq Portal. 12 February 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
  9. الجيش يعين يوسف ادم خلفا للرومانى لوسيسكو (in Arabic). Super Koora. 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
  10. "Mesaimeer are promoted to the Qatar Stars League". Qatar Stars League. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  11. "Mesaimeer finalizes overseas training camp". Qatar Stars League. 31 May 2015.
  12. "الموسم القادم سيكون الأقوى في تاريخ دورينا". Al Raya. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  13. "يوسف آدم مدربا للخريطيات". Kooora (in Arabic). 11 November 2018.
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