Ismail Mahfooz

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Ismail Mahfooz
Personal information
Place of birth Maldives
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Club Valencia
International career
2001– Maldives
Managerial career
2006–2014 Maziya S&RC
2015 Maldives
2017–2018 Maziya S&RC
2019– Da Grande
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ismail Mahfooz also known as Imma Mahfooz is a former Maldivian international footballer and is the current head coach of the Maldives national football team under a caretaker capacity.

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International career

Mahfooz played for the Maldives national football team. He was part of the squad that participated at the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. [1]

Coaching career

Maziya S&RC

Mahfooz served as head coach of the Maziya Sports and Recreation Club from 2006–2014. Maziya under his watch managed to win the Maldives FA Cup in 2012. [2] [3]

Maldives national team

Mahfooz served as an assistant coach under Bulgarian head coach, Velizar Popov who was appointed early of 2015. He has been assistant coach as early as 2011. When Popov resigned in August 2015, Mahfooz took over as head coach under a caretaker capacity. [2] [4] The first match under Mahfooz's watch was an away friendly against Philippine club Stallion F.C. which ended in a 2–2 draw. [5] His first full international friendly will be against the Philippines on September 3, 2015 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

Ricki Herbert took over Mahfooz after the latter led the team in a World Cup qualifier match against China which was played on September 8, 2015. [2]

Managerial

As of 8 September 2015.
NatTeamfromtoRecord
GamesWinsDrawsLossesWin %
Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives August 2015September 20152002000.00
Total2002000.00

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