Mohammad Al-Shamlan

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Mohammad Al-Shamlan
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Shamlan Mubarak Basheer Al-Shamlan
Date of birth (1972-12-26) 26 December 1972 (age 52) [1]
Place of birth Bahrain
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
Hidd SCC (manager)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Bahrain
Managerial career
2005–2007 Pakistan (assistant)
2010 Bahrain U-23
2012–2013 Manama Club
2013–2015 Pakistan
2014–2015 Pakistan U-23
2016 Riffa SC
2017 Hidd SCC
2017–2019 Manama Club
2019–2021 Hidd SCC
2021 Al-Khaldiya SC
2022– Hidd SCC

Mohammad Al-Shamlan (born 26 December 1972) is a Bahraini football coach. Besides Bahrain, he has managed in Pakistan. [2] [3] Leading the Bahrain Olympic Team to the 2010 Asian Games, he left them after a dismal campaign which saw them fail to progress past the group stage. [4] Was denied entry into Palestine by Israel to join his team in the 2014 Palestine International Championship for some days and was forced to sit out of their first game. [5]

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Career

He sent 5 goalkeeping coaches to License B training courses in Bahrain when managing Pakistan and was the only foreign coach to deliberately quit the Pakistan job. [6]

Pakistan National Team

Mohammad Al-Shamlan was designated as manager of Pakistan in 2013, asking for a six-month buffer period in order to yield positive results. [7] As their manager, he tried to utilize Pakistan's football talent [4] but failed and quit the job in summer 2015, joining Riffa SC in the Bahraini Premier League. [8] With Al-Shamlan as coach, Pakistan failed to progress to the second round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Pakistan Under 23's

Blamed for unsatisfactory results for the Pakistan U-23's in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualifying stages and losing all matches, he was backed by the Pakistan Football Federation.

References

  1. FIFA.com
  2. ""المدرب الأسمر" محمد الشملان ل "البلاد سبورت":". albiladpress.com.
  3. "أنا سفير للكرة البحرينية.. محمد الشملان تدريبي لباكستان ليس مغامرة وتم تكليفي مديرا فنيا". akhbar-alkhaleej.com.
  4. 1 2 "Coach Shamlan looks to utilize Pakistan's football talent". Dawn.com. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  5. "Pakistan coach made to wait in Jordan". 13 May 2014.
  6. "A friendly coach - TNS - The News on Sunday".
  7. "Pakistan's Mohammed Shamlan: I don't have a magic wand - Goal.com". 27 August 2013.
  8. "Satisfied Shamlan says goodbye to Pakistan".