Nasser Al-Johar

Nasser Hamad Al-Johar (Arabic: ناصر الجوهر; born 6 January 1946) is a Saudi Arabian former football coach and former player.^[3]

Nasser Al-Johar

Personal information
Full name	Nasser Hamad Al-Johar
Date of birth	(1946-01-06) 6 January 1946 (age 79)[1]
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 Men's football Representing  Saudi Arabia (as manager) AFC Asian Cup Runner-up 2000
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Al-Johar played for Al Nassr FC.^[2]

Managerial career

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]