Abdullah Mubarak is a Qatari former football player and current manager. He received his coaching license in 1995.[1] He had previously managed Al Ahli, and after being unattached for a year, was chosen as the head coach of Al Sailiya in January 2013.[2] He works part-time as a sports analyst for Al Jazeera.
 Mubarak in September 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abdullah Mubarak Al Eidan | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Qatar | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Al-Ahli | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009 | Al-Ahli | ||
| 2009–2010 | Lekhwiya | ||
| 2010–2011 | Al Ahli | ||
| 2013 | Al Sailiya | ||
| 2017 | Qatar SC | ||
| 2017–2018 | Qatar SC | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He was selected as the best manager in the Qatar Stars League in the 2010/11 season by the QFA after saving Al Ahli from relegation.[3][4]
Career
editIn 2009, he led Al Ahli from the Qatari Second Division to the first division, the Qatar Stars League. After taking charge at Lekhwiya the same year, he won the Second Division Cup,[5] in addition to winning the club promotion to the first division the following season with a nearly perfect record.
Mubarak once again became Al Ahli's head coach on 26 September 2010, after Ilija Petkovic was sacked.[6] He succeeded in steering his team away from the relegation zone that season. He asked Al Ahli's officials for permission to leave the club on 17 October 2011, after a poor result to Al Rayyan, despite support from the president and board of directors.[7] He stated that he felt the team was not united, and that there was a "state of mistrust" between the players and the coaching staff. He officially resigned on 23 October, and Frenchman Bernard Simondi replaced him, though he could not save the club from relegation.[8]
After his spell at Al Ahli, he went to Europe to gain coaching experience with clubs such including Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Ajax and PSV Eindhoven.[9]
He was named as Al Sailiya's new head coach on 31 January 2013, after negotiations had begun a month prior.[10]
Honors
editManagerial
edit- Qatari Second Division runners-up: 2008–09
- Qatari Second Division winners: 2009–10
- Second Division Cup winners: 2009–10
References
edit- ^ "Al Ahli coach certificate" (PDF). qslm-license.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ مبارك مدربًا للسيلية القطري (in Arabic). mujaz.me. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ الاهلي يكرم عبد الله مبارك افضل مدرب مواطن (in Arabic). al-ahliclub.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ جائزة المدرب واللاعب الأفضل في الموسم (in Arabic). Al Kass. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ الجيش بطلا لكأس الثانية (in Arabic). al-saddclub.com. 26 November 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ في المؤتمر الصحفي لناديي الأهلي و الخريطيات:مبارك و سيموندي يطمحان لجني النقاط الثلاث (in Arabic). Doha Stadium. 26 September 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ عبدالله مبارك مدرب الاهلى القطرى السابق :هناك من يتعمد محاربتى داخل النادى (in Arabic). kooora.com. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ سيموندي يخلف مبارك في الاهلي (in Arabic). QFA. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ سيموندي يخلف مبارك في الاهلي (in Arabic). al-sharq.com. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ كما انفردنا..بومبارك مدربا للسيلية ويقود المران الجمعة (in Arabic). Al Kass. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
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