Mohamed Youssef (Arabic: محمد يوسف; born 9 October 1970) is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a defender for several clubs in Egypt and Turkey and the Egypt national team.

Youssef began his professional career in the Egyptian Premier League with Al Ahly, winning six league titles over an eight-year period. In 1999, he moved to Turkey where he played in the Super Lig for Denizlispor and Diyarbakirspor. He returned to Egypt to play with Egyptian Premier League side ENPPI.^[1]

Youssef has started his career with the U-17 national team and played with them at the 1987 U-17 world Cup in Canada and also played with the U-19 national team.

Youssef was the captain of the Egyptian team in the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics and scored a goal against Colombia. He made his debut with the first Egyptian national team in a 1994 African Nations Cup qualifier against Morocco on 11 July 1993. Youssef made 95 appearances for Egypt national football team, including three matches at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, three qualifying matches for the 1998 FIFA World Cup and two qualifying matches for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.^[2] He won with Egypt the 1998 African Nations Cup, and also played in the 1994 African Nations Cup and 2000 African Nations Cup.^[3][4]

Youssef began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Al–Ahly's first team in June 2009 until April 2013.

On May 7, 2013, Youssef was promoted as head coach. He led Al-Ahly to win the 2013 CAF Champions League, and reached the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup. in Morocco. On May 1, 2014, he resigned from Al-Ahly. On July 23, 2014, he was appointed as manager of Iraqi Premier League champions Al Shorta SC.^[5] Despite winning 11 and drawing 4 of the 15 league games he took charge of and was leading their group in the AFC Cup, he was sacked in May 2015. In July 2015, he became head coach of Smouha in the Egyptian premier league, playing also with the Alexandrian club in the CAF champions league. In July 2016, he returned to Iraqi Premier League Al Shorta SC as head coach.

In July 2017, he became head coach of Petrojet in the Egyptian premier league. In June 2018, Youssef returned to Al-Ahly as an assistant coach and sports director till the end of his contract on 31 August 2019. On October 19, 2020, he was appointed as the head coach of the newly promoted National Bank of Egypt.^[6] In November 2022, he was appointed as head coach of Tala'ea El Gaish, following a tenure as technical director at Future in 2021.^[7]

On February 4, 2024, he was named as caretaker coach of the Egyptian national team, following the dismissal of Rui Vitória.^[8] Two days later, Hossam Hassan became the head coach of Egypt, and Youssef refused to take an administrative manager role.^[9]

As of match played 2 December 2022