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Mohammad Ghassan Maatouk (Arabic: محمد غسان معتوق; born 30 April 1977) is a Syrian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Syria national team.

Ghassan Maatouk
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Ghassan Maatouk[1]
Date of birth (1977-04-30) 30 April 1977 (age 45)
Place of birth Damascus, Syria[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2010 Al-Wahda
2006–2007 → Niki Volou (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2003–2006 Syria 10 (0)
Teams managed
2015–2016 Al-Muhafaza
2019 Syria (assistant)
2019–2020 Al-Wahda (youth)
2020–2021 Al-Wahda
2022– Syria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played as a defender for Al-Wahda and the Syria national team; he also had a short stint at Niki Volou in Greece.


Playing career


A Syrian international for three years, Maatouk played for Al-Wahda throughout his career, with a one-season loan spell at Greek club Niki Volou in 2006.[2]


Managerial career


Maatouk was head coach of Al-Muhafaza during the 2015–16 Syrian Premier League;[3] he submitted his resignation in August 2016.[4] Maatouk was assistant coach of the Syria national team in 2019.[5][6]

In December 2019, he was appointed technical director of Al-Wahda's youth sector.[6] Maatouk became the first team's head coach in March 2020.[7] He helped them win the Syrian Cup, and qualify for the 2021 AFC Cup.[8] While in December 2020 Al-Wahda rejected Maatouk's resignation submission,[9] they accepted his second request in February 2021.[10]

Maatouk was part of the Syria national team's staff at the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. On 9 February 2022, he was appointed head coach of the national team; he was the fifth Syria coach to be appointed during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[11]


Honours



Player


Al-Wahda

Syria


Manager


Al-Wahda


References


  1. "Ghassan Maatouk". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. "Ghassan Maatouk". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  4. "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  5. "الاتحاد السوري يعين بديلًا جديدًا عن الدباس في إدارة المنتخب". عنب بلدي (in Arabic). 7 March 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  6. "معتوق مديرا فنيا لفرق ناشئي الوحدة". كووورة. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  7. "تعيين جهاز فني جديد للوحدة السوري". كووورة. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  8. "مدرب الوحدة السوري في حوار لكووورة: لا أؤيد فسخ عقد نبيل معلول". كووورة. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  9. "الوحدة يرفض استقالة معتوق". كووورة. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  10. "الوحدة السوري يوافق على استقالة معتوق". كووورة. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  11. "رسميا.. معتوق مدربا لمنتخب سوريا". كووورة. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.





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