Abdullah Mubarak

Abdullah Mubarak

Mubarak in September 2011
Personal information
Full name	Abdullah Mubarak Al Eidan
Date of birth	(1962-08-05) 5 August 1962 (age 59)
Place of birth	Qatar
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Al-Ahli
Teams managed
2009	Al-Ahli
2009–2010	Lekhwiya
2010–2011	Al Ahli
2013	Al Sailiya
2017	Qatar SC
2017–2018	Qatar SC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

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

In 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

Managerial

Al Ahli

• Qatari Second Division runners-up: 2008–09

Lekhwiya

• Qatari Second Division winners: 2009–10
• Second Division Cup winners: 2009–10

References

1. "Al Ahli coach certificate" (PDF). qslm-license.com. Retrieved 11 May 2013.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. مبارك مدربًا للسيلية القطري (in Arabic). mujaz.me. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. الجيش بطلا لكأس الثانية (in Arabic). al-saddclub.com. 26 November 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. سيموندي يخلف مبارك في الاهلي (in Arabic). QFA. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
9. سيموندي يخلف مبارك في الاهلي (in Arabic). al-sharq.com. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
10. 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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