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Mohammad Al-Shamlan

Mohammad Al-Shamlan

Bahraini football coach

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    FIFA.com
  2. [2]
    ""المدرب الأسمر" محمد الشملان ل "البلاد سبورت":". albiladpress.com.
  3. [3]
    "أنا سفير للكرة البحرينية.. محمد الشملان تدريبي لباكستان ليس مغامرة وتم تكليفي مديرا فنيا". akhbar-alkhaleej.com.
  4. [4]
    "Coach Shamlan looks to utilize Pakistan's football talent". Dawn.com. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Pakistan coach made to wait in Jordan". 13 May 2014.
  6. [6]
    "A friendly coach - TNS - The News on Sunday".
  7. [7]
    "Pakistan's Mohammed Shamlan: I don't have a magic wand - Goal.com". 27 August 2013.
  8. [8]
    "Satisfied Shamlan says goodbye to Pakistan".
  9. [9]
    "Failure yet again [The News on Sunday] - FootballPakistan.com (FPDC)". 24 May 2015.
  10. [10]
    "AFC qualifiers aftermath: PFF backing Shamlan despite poor show [Express Tribune] - FootballPakistan.com (FPDC)". 20 May 2015.

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