Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Nasser Hamad Al-Johar | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 6 January 1946||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [2] | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1963–1977 | Al-Nassr | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1966–1976 | Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | Al-Nassr | ||||||||||||||||
1993 | Al-Nassr | ||||||||||||||||
2000 | Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||
2004 | Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||
2011 | Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nasser Hamad Al-Johar ( Arabic: ناصر الجوهر; born 6 January 1946) is a Saudi Arabian football coach and former player. [3]
Al-Johar played for Al Nassr FC. [2]
Al-Johar coached the Saudi Arabia national team for both the 2000 AFC Asian Cup (replacing Milan Máčala) and 2002 FIFA World Cup (after replacing Slobodan Santrač), [2] though he was fired for failing to take the team to a Cup win that year. [4]
When coach Hélio dos Anjos was fired in June 2008, Al-Johar was hired to replace him for the rest of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. [5] Al-Johar resigned from coaching The Green Falcons in February 2009 after the team lost to North Korea in the AFC fourth round of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification; [6] he was replaced with José Peseiro. [7] The Saudi Arabia Football Federation announced the " reclusive" Al-Johar would continue to support the team as a " technical advisor". [5]
After losing to the Syria national team on 9 January 2011, it was announced that Al-Johar would replace Peseiro for the remainder of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup; [8] after two further losses (1–0 against Jordan and 5–0 against Japan), the perennial fix-it man for Saudi Arabia was again sacked, less than two weeks after taking the helm. [9]
Just three days after losing a vital 2010 World Cup qualifier in North Korea, Saudi Arabia boss Nasser Al-Johar has resigned.