Mohamed Salah (; born 19 June 1958) is an Egyptian former footballer and head coach. He spent his whole football career with Zamalek. He also played for the Egypt national football team, and was a part of the team that won the 1986 African Cup of Nations.

Playing career Playing in his youth in Zamalek, Salah played for the first team in 1975. At the prime of his career, he played alongside great players such as Taha Basry, Hassan Shehata, Ali Khalil and Farouk Gaafar.

Salah spent his entire professional career with the Zamalek. He won with Zamalek the Egyptian Premier League for three times in (1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88), and three titles of the Egypt Cup in (1977, 1979, 1988). He also won the Egyptian Friendship Cup once in 1986. At the continental level, he won the African Cup of Champions Clubs twice in (1984, 1986), and the Afro-Asian Club Championship in 1987.

With Egypt he played in three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, in his first appearance in the 1980 edition, he was included in the Africa Cup of Nations Dream Team, where Egypt finished fourth, the same place as the 1984 edition which Salah was present in the starting lineup. He was part of the team that won the 1986 African Cup of Nations title.

Managerial career Early Managerial Career He began his journey in football management with Maaden, where he served from 1999 to 2001. This initial experience laid the foundation for his future roles. Following his tenure at Maaden, he took the helm at Baladyet El Mahalla for the 2001–2002 season and then moved to manage Goldi in 2002. Progression Through Egyptian Clubs Continuing his career, he coached Ghazl El Mahalla between 2003 and 2004. After this, he briefly led Ittihad El Iskandary in 2004. His next appointment was with El Masry, where he managed the team from 2005 to 2006. He subsequently took charge at Tanta for the 2006–2007 season and returned to Ittihad El Iskandary for the 2007–2008 campaign. Further Appointments and Short-Term Roles In 2008, he had short spells with both Baladyet El Mahalla and El Tersana. He was then appointed as manager of El Mansoura SC from 2009 to 2010, followed by a period at El Telefonat in 2010–2011. International Experience and Return to Egypt His managerial career then extended to Saudi Arabia, where he led Al-Shoulla in 2011. He returned to the region in 2013 to manage Wehda Mecca, remaining there until 2014. Roles at Zamalek and Further Positions He joined Zamalek in various capacities between 2014 and 2016, undertaking several roles including assistant coach, managing director, first-team manager, and caretaker manager. His versatility and reliability were evident through the club’s trust in him for multiple positions. Later career After his time at Zamalek, he managed Haras El Hodoud in 2017 and again served as caretaker at Zamalek in the same year. He continued his career with Nogoom El Mostakbal from 2017 to 2018, Pharco in 2018, FC Masr from 2018 to 2019, Suez SC in 2019, and Al Tarsana SC from 2019 to 2020. His subsequent appointments included Nogoom FC and Tanta SC in 2020, underlining a long and varied career across numerous Egyptian and Saudi clubs.

Al-Shoulla Salah was appointed manager of the Saudi club Al-Shoulla in June 2011. He made a big impact after winning the Saudi First Division with Al-Shoulla in the 2011–12 season. He then lead Al-Shoulla to 3 wins and 4 losses in the 2012–13 Saudi Premier League season. He then went back to Egypt and had an agreement with Almokaweleen.

On 21 February 2023, Salah returned to manage Al-Shoulla 11 years after his first stint at the club.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecordGoldi SC1 July 19999 April 2001Baladeyet El Mahalla SC1 July 20011 January 2002Goldi SC1 January 200221 October 2002Ghazl El Mahalla SC1 July 200311 June 2004Al Ittihad Alexandria10 January 200423 December 2004Al Masry SC30 November 200530 June 2006Tanta SC25 August 200630 June 2007Al Ittihad Alexandria2 September 20071 January 2008Baladeyet El Mahalla SC10 January 200830 June 2008Al Tarsana SC1 July 20083 November 2008El Mansoura SC12 December 20097 January 2010Telephonat Beni Suef SC1 February 201017 August 2011Al-Shoulla FC1 December 201130 December 2011Al-Wehda1 October 201328 February 2014Zamalek SC1 January 201510 February 2015FC Masr22 September 201530 December 2015Zamalek SC (Caretaker)10 February 201623 February 2016Zamalek SC (Caretaker)19 November 201629 November 2016Haras El Hodoud SC7 January 20174 April 2017Zamalek SC (Caretaker)4 April 20176 April 2017Nogoom FC1 July 201722 May 2018Pharco FC1 July 201811 October 2018FC Masr13 October 20185 August 2019Suez SC6 October 20193 December 2019Al Tarsana SC4 December 201919 February 2020Nogoom FC19 February 202012 August 2020Tanta SC12 August 202031 August 2020Al-Shoulla21 February 202329 May 2023Total—

Honours Player

Zamalek Egyptian Premier League: 1977–78, 1983–84, 1987–88 Egypt Cup: 1977, 1979, 1988 Egyptian Friendship Cup: 1986 CAF Champions League: 1984, 1986 Afro-Asian Club Championship: 1987

Egypt

African Cup of Nations: 1986

Individual Africa Cup of Nations Dream Team: 1980

Manager Maaden Egyptian Second Division

Al-Shoulla Saudi First Division: 2011–12

Nogoom El Mostakbal Egyptian Second Division: 2017–18

References

External links Goal.com Profile