Khaled Al-Atwi

Khaled Fahad Al-Atwi (Arabic: خالد العطوي; born 13 April 1977) is a Saudi professional football manager and former player.^[2][3]

Khaled Al-Atwi

Personal information
Full name	Khaled Fahad Al-Atwi
Date of birth	(1977-04-13) 13 April 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth	Dammam,[1] Saudi Arabia
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)
Position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Al-Oyon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Al-Oyoon
Managerial career
2009–2010	Al-Oyon
2011–2016	Al-Nojoom
2016–2019	Saudi Arabia U20
2019–2021	Al-Ettifaq
2022	Al-Qadsiah
2025	Damac
Medal record Men's football Representing  Saudi Arabia (as manager) AFC U-19 Championship Winner 2018 Indonesia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Al-Atwi began his coaching career as the manager of Al-Oyon. A year later he joined Al-Nojoom and led them to the First Division. In 2016, he was appointed as the manager of Saudi Arabia U20 national team. In 2019, Al-Atwi became the manager of Pro League side Al-Ettifaq.

Managerial career

Al-Atwi began his coaching career in the youth teams of Al-Oyon in 2008. He then became the assistant manager of Al-Fateh's youth team before rejoining Al-Oyoon to become the first team manager in 2009. In 2011, Al-Atwi was appointed as the first team manager of Al-Nojoom. In his 5 seasons at the club, Al-Atwi led Al-Nojoom to promotion to the Second Division and the First Division^[4] respectively. On June 14 2016, Al-Atwi was appointed as the manager of the Saudi Arabia U20 national team.^[5] He led the young Green Falcons to a first-place finish in the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Saudi Arabia's third title in this age level. He was also the manager during the disastrous 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup where Saudi Arabia exited from the group stage with a catastrophic performance, losing all three games in their group. By doing so, Al-Atwi became the youngest Saudi manager to lead the national team to continental glory, and also the one with an infamous record as the worst manager of Saudi U-20 team in FIFA U-20 World Cup since the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.^[6] On 17 June 2019, Al-Atwi resigned from his post as the manager of the U20 national team after 3 years after the disaster in Poland.^[7] Later that day, he was announced as the manager of Pro League club Al-Ettifaq.^[8] On 14 October 2021, it was announced that Al-Atwi and Al-Ettifaq agreed to end their contract mutually and he would take charge of his last match on 16 October against Al-Ahli.^[9]

On 18 June 2022, it was announced that Al-Atwi was appointed as the new manager of First Division League side Al-Qadsiah.^[10] On 22 September 2022, Al-Atwi was sacked after 5 matches, he drew twice and lost three times.^[11]

Personal life

Al-Atwi was born in Dammam but moved to Al-Oyon, located in the Al-Ahsa Governorate, during his childhood. He is married and has four sons; Fahad, Saud, Mohammed, and Sattam. Al-Atwi graduated from King Faisal University and has a bachelor's degree in sociology. He used to work as a history teacher in a school in Urayrah. He later became a principal of a school in Al Kulabiyah.^[1]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record					Ref
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Al-Nojoom		1 July 2011	30 May 2016	107	43	36	28	040.19
Saudi Arabia U20		14 June 2016	17 June 2019	50	34	2	14	068.00
Al-Ettifaq		17 June 2019	16 October 2021	73	31	13	29	042.47
Al-Qadsiah		18 June 2022	22 September 2022	5	0	2	3	000.00
Total				235	108	53	74	045.96	—

Honours

Manager

Al-Nojoom

• Saudi Third Division: 2012–13^[12]
• Saudi Second Division runners-up: 2014–15

Saudi Arabia U20

• AFC U-19 Championship: 2018
• GCC U-19 Championship: 2016^[13]

Individual

• Saudi Professional League Manager of the Month: December 2020^[14]