Ghassan Maatouk

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 Bahraini club East Riffa.

Not to be confused with Hassan Maatouk.
Ghassan Maatouk
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Ghassan Maatouk[1]
Date of birth (1977-04-30) 30 April 1977
Place of birth Damascus, Syria[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 East Riffa (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2010 Al-Wahda
2006–2007 → Niki Volou (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2003–2006 Syria 10 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Al-Muhafaza
2019 Syria (assistant)
2019–2020 Al-Wahda (youth)
2020–2021 Al-Wahda
2022 Syria
2022– East Riffa
*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]

In June 2022, Maatouk became head coach of Bahraini Premier League club East Riffa.[12]

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.
  12. "الرفاع الشرقي يتفق مع غسان معتوق". كووورة. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
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