Mahmoud El-Gohary

Mahmoud El-Gohary

Personal information
Date of birth	(1938-02-20)February 20, 1938
Place of birth	Cairo, Egypt
Date of death
Place of death	Amman, Jordan
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955–1961	Al Ahly
International career
1958–1961	Egypt
Managerial career
1965–1977	Al Ahly (assistant)
1977–1981	Al-Ittihad (assistant)
1981–1982	Al-Ittihad
1982–1984	Al Ahly
1984–1985	Al-Sharjah
1985–1986	Al Ahly
1986–1988	Al-Ahli Jeddah
1988–1990	Egypt
1991–1993	Al Ahly
1993–1994	Zamalek SC
1995–1996	Al-Wahda
1996–1997	Oman
1997–2001	Egypt
2001–2007	Jordan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mahmoud El-Gohary (Arabic: محمود الجوهري‎‎) (February 20, 1938 – September 3, 2012) was an Egyptian football coach and player. He is the first and one of two people, along with Nigeria's Stephen Keshi, to have won the Africa Cup of Nations as both a player and a coach.

Career

Legendary Mahmoud El Gohary (الكابتن محمود الجوهرى) El-Gohary is one of the most important figures in the history of Egyptian and African football, and is considered by many as the best Egyptian football coach ever.

• His greatest achievement as a Football Coach is qualifying with Egypt’s National Team to World Cup 1990 after a 56-year absence from the tournament.

• As a football player he played for Al Ahly and he was the top scorer of the 1959 edition of the African Cup of Nations, which was won by Egypt.

• He was the first to win the African Cup of Nations both as a player and coach. After winning The Nations Cup as a coach in 1998 it was the first time for Egypt to win the title away in a different country in Africa

• He qualified to the first FIFA World Nations Cup after winning the African Nations Cup 1998

• He is the only Egyptian to coach both Ahly and Zamalek and win with both Local and African Tournaments

• Winning with Al Ahly first African League Titles - African League Winners & African League Cup winners

• Winning with Zamalek first African Super Cup against Al-Ahly

Mahmoud El Gohary's strongest impact was on Egypt's and Jordanian Football.. and his is known as the most coach to bring new Football Talents and Generations into the Arab Football World in the Countries he coached (Egypt, Jordan, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman)

In August 2004 and under El-Gohary management, Jordanian national team reached its highest FIFA World Rankings in its history; rank of 37.

Under the leadership of El-Gohary, the Jordan national team was able to qualify for their first AFC Asian Cup tournament, in China 2004, and helped Jordan reached the quarterfinals of the tournament, but failed to qualify for the semifinals after losing to Japan in a penalty shoot-out after the match had ended with extra halves resulting 1-1. But thanks to El-Gohary, the Jordan team reached its highest FIFA world ranking, which was 37th place in 2004 El-Gohary also helped Jordan achieve great match results in FIFA World Cup qualifications for 2006. In the WAFF championship tournaments of 2004 and 2007, El-Gohary helped Jordan win third place

After he retired as a football coach, he became the technical advisor for Jordan Football Association Changing the Football in Jordan to the highest level from different National Teams ages, Changing the Jordanian Football League to become Professional, and having Football Academies for the Youth under Prince Ali's name

He died on 3 September 2012 in Amman, Jordan.

Achievements

As a player

National team

• 1959 African Cup of Nations winner
• Top scorer of 2nd African Cup Of Nations (Egypt 1959)
• He is the first one of two people who have won the African Cup of Nations both as a player and as a coach, the second being Stephen Keshi

For Ahly

• 6 Egyptian leagues: 1955–1956–1957–1958–1960–1961
• 2 Egyptian cups: 1955/56–1960/61

As a coach

Egypt national team

• 1998 African Cup of Nations winner

For Ahly (Egypt)

• 2 Egyptian leagues
• 3 Egyptian cups
• 1 CAF Champions League
• 1 African cup winners cup

For Zamalek (Egypt)

• African Cup of Champions Clubs (1): 1993
• CAF Super Cup (1): 1994

For Al-Wehda (UAE):

• 1 United Arab Emirates Cup, 1996

Jordan national team

• 2002 Arab Nations Cup: Semifinals
• 2004 AFC Asian Cup: Quarter finals
• 2004 West Asian Football Federation Championship: Third Place
• 2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship: Semifinals

Individual

• Three times Best Arab Coach Winner 1989–93–98
• Chosen by FIFA among the best 20 coaches of the year 1998
• Best African coach 1998 Winner by Football Afrique

External links

• BBC Sport profile
• Mahmoud El-Gohary Profile (At egyptianfootball.net)