Yousuf Adam

Yusef Adam
Personal information
Full name Yousuf Adam Mahmoud
Date of birth 12 September 1972
Place of birth Qatar
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2006 Al-Ittihad (Doha) 114 (8)
2006–2008 Al Shamal 7 (0)
2008–2009 Umm Salal 1 (0)
International career
2000–2006 Qatar 40 (0)
Managerial career
2010 Mesaimeer
2010 Somalia
2010 Somalia U23
2010–2011 Umm Salal (Assistant)
2011–2012 Qatar U–20 (Assistant)
2013 Al Shahaniya
2014 El Jaish
2014–2015 Mesaimeer
2015–2016 Al Ahli (Assistant)
2016 Al Ahli (Caretaker)
2016–2017 Al Ahli
2017–2018 Al-Markhiya
2018–2021 Al Kharaitiyat
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yousuf Adam Mahmoud or Yousef Adam (Arabic: يوسف آدم محمود; born 12 September 1972) is a Qatari-Somali former football player and manager. He is the first Qatari football manager to have coached in Africa. He also competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Managerial career

In 2010, Adam coached Mesaimeer SC in the Qatargas League. Later in 2010, he coached both the Somalia national team and the Somalia Olympic team. While in charge of Somalia, the team participated in the 2010 CECAFA Cup. With an average squad age of 20, Somalia lost all of its group stage matches, including 0–6 against Zambia.

Adam was unveiled as the new coach of lower-tier club Al Shahaniya in February 2013. He was named as El Jaish's new head coach on 15 January 2014.

Adam was in charge of Mesaimeer SC in the 2014–15 season, helping the club win promotion from the Qatargas League to the Qatar Stars League for the first time in its history. He left the club in May 2015. In June 2015, he was confirmed as assistant coach of Al Ahli. On 11 November 2018, he became the manager of Al Kharaitiyat.