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]
Personal information | |||
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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) | ||
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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 |
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]
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]
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]
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