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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]

Mohammad Al-Shamlan

Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Shamlan Mubarak Basheer Al-Shamlan
Date of birth	(1972-12-26) 26 December 1972 (age 49)[1]
Place of birth	Bahrain
Position(s)	Defender (playing career)
Club information
Current team	Hidd SCC (manager)
National team
	Bahrain
Teams managed
Years	Team
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

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.[9]

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.[10]

References

External links

• Mohammad Al-Shamlan coach profile at Soccerway
• Mohammad Al-Shamlan at FootballDatabase.eu

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