Mohsen Saleh (Arabic: محسن صالح) (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]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohsen Mohammed Saleh | ||
| Date of birth | 22 June 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Port Said, Egypt | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al Ahly SC (Managing Director Sport) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Al Masry SC | |||
| Al-Tadamon SC (Kuwait) | |||
| Nejmeh SC | |||
| Al Ahly SC | |||
| International career | |||
| Egypt | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1979–1979 | Al Ahly SC (Junior Team) | ||
| 1980–1980 | Khaleej FC | ||
| 1981–1984 | Al Ain FC (Junior Team) | ||
| 1984–1985 | Shabab Al-Ahli Club | ||
| 1985–1988 | Al-Watani | ||
| 1988–1989 | Port Foad | ||
| 1990–1991 | Al Masry SC | ||
| 1991–1992 | Mirbat SC | ||
| 1994–1994 | Egypt (Assistant) | ||
| 1994–1994 | Egypt U19 | ||
| 1994–1995 | Egypt | ||
| 1996–1997 | Al-Najma SC | ||
| 1998–1998 | Al Masry SC | ||
| 2000–2002 | Ismaily SC | ||
| 2002–2004 | Egypt | ||
| 2004–2004 | Al-Nassr FC | ||
| 2004–2005 | Al-Arabi SC | ||
| 2006–2006 | Libya | ||
| 2007–2007 | Yemen | ||
| 2008–2009 | Yemen | ||
| 2009–2009 | Al-Hazem F.C. | ||
| 2010–2010 | Smouha SC | ||
| 2019– | Al Ahly SC (Managing Director Sport) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Egypt | 1 July 1994 | 1 November 1995 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.0 | |
| Al Masry SC | 12 October 1998 | 10 December 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Ismaily SC | 1 January 2000 | 30 June 2002 | 58 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 55.2 | |
| Egypt | 1 July 2002 | 1 March 2004 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 54.5 | |
| Al-Arabi SC | 1 July 2004 | 15 November 2005 | 49 | 29 | 8 | 12 | 59.2 | |
| Smouha SC | 18 May 2010 | 6 August 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Total | 138 | 78 | 30 | 30 | 56.5 | — | ||