Mahmoud El-Gohary

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Mahmoud El-Gohary (Arabic: محمود الجوهرى), born June 23, 1937, is an Egyptian football coach and former player. He 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.^{[citation needed]}

He was the top scorer of the 1959 edition of the African Cup of Nations, which was won by Egypt.

He was the manager of the Egyptian national team from 1988 to 2002, and helped the team qualify to the 1990 World Cup after a 56-year absence from the tournament. El-Gohary was manager of the Jordan national team.

1 Achievements
- 1.1 As a player
- 1.2 As a coach
2 External links

[edit] Achievements

[edit] As a player

National team

1959 African Cup of Nations winner
Top scorer of 2nd African Cup Of Nations (Egypt 1959)
Only person to win the African Cup of Nations both as a player and as a coach

For Ahly

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

[edit] As a coach

Egypt national team

1998 African Cup of Nations winner
1992 Arab Cup for Egypt 1992

For Ahly (Egypt)

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

For Zamalek (Egypt)

1 African Champions League
1 African Super Cup: 1994

For Al-Wehda (UAE):

1 United Arab Emirates Cup, 1996

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

[edit] External links

BBC Sport profile

v • d • e Egypt squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 Shobair • 2 I. Hassan • 3 Yassin • 4 H. Ramzy • 5 Yakan • 6 Kasem • 7 Youssef • 8 Abdelghani • 9 H. Hassan • 10 Abdelhamid • 11 Soliman • 12 Abouzaid • 13 A. Ramzy • 14 Maihoub • 15 Eid • 16 Tolba • 17 Shawky • 18 Oraby • 19 Abdelrahman • 20 El‑Kass • 21 Taher • 22 El‑Batal • Coach: El‑Gohary