Nasser Al-Johar

Nasser Al-Johar (Arabic: ناصر الجوهر‎) is a Saudi Arabian association football player turned coach.

Football

Al-Johar played for the Al Nassr FC.[1]

Coaching

Al-Johar coached the Saudi Arabia national football team for both the 2000 AFC Asian Cup (replacing Milan Máčala) and 2002 FIFA World Cup (after replacing Slobodan Santrač),[1] though he was fired for failing to take the team to a Cup win that year.[2] When coach Helios Dos Anjos was fired in June 2008, Al-Johar was hired to replace him for the rest of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.[3] Al-Johar resigned from coaching The Green Falcons in February 2009 after the team lost to the North Korea national football team in the AFC Fourth Round of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification;[4] he was replaced with José Peseiro.[5] The Saudi Arabia Football Federation announced the "reclusive" Al-Johar would continue to support the team as a "technical advisor".[3] After losing to the Syria national football team on 9 January 2011, it was announced that Al-Johar would replace Peseiro throughout the remainder of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup;[6] 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.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "WORLD CUP | Squad | Nasser Al-Johar". London, United Kingdom: BBC Sport. 2002-04-11. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  2. ↑ "Al-Johar pays price of failure". London, UK: BBC Sport. 2002-07-01. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
  3. 1 2 Petty, Martin (2009-02-15). "Soccer-Al Johar quits as coach of Saudi Arabia". London, UK. Reuters UK. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
  4. ↑ "Nasser Al Johar Resigns As Saudi Arabia Coach". Goal.com. 2009-02-15. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2010-12-22. Just three days after losing a vital 2010 World Cup qualifier in North Korea, Saudi Arabia boss Nasser Al-Johar has resigned.
  5. ↑ "Saudi Arabia announce Peseiro as new coach". United States: ESPNsoccernet. 2009-02-17. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
  6. ↑ "Peseiro gets the boot; Al Johar steps in". Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Asian Football Confederation. 2011-01-10. Archived from the original on 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
  7. ↑ "Saudis sack second coach". United States: ESPNsoccernet. 2011-01-18. Archived from the original on 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-01-23.


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