Mohammad Al-Shamlan

{{Short description|Bahraini football coach (born 1972)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mohammad Al-Shamlan | fullname = Mohammed Shamlan Mubarak Basheer Al-Shamlan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|26|df=y}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150910084641/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=194677/index.html FIFA.com]</ref> | birth_place = Bahrain | position = Defender | currentclub = Hidd SCC (manager) | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = Bahrain | manageryears1 = 2005–2007 | managerclubs1 = Pakistan (assistant) | manageryears2 = 2010 | managerclubs2 = Bahrain U-23 | manageryears3 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs3 = Manama Club | manageryears4 = 2013–2015 | managerclubs4 = Pakistan | manageryears5 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs5 = Pakistan U-23 | manageryears6 = 2016 | managerclubs6 = Riffa SC | manageryears7 = 2017 | managerclubs7 = Hidd SCC | manageryears8 = 2017–2019 | managerclubs8 = Manama Club | manageryears9 = 2019–2021 | managerclubs9 = Hidd SCC | manageryears10 = 2021 | managerclubs10 = Al-Khaldiya SC | managerclubs11 = Hidd SCC | manageryears11 = 2022– }}

'''Mohammad Al-Shamlan''' (born 26 December 1972) is a Bahraini football coach. Besides Bahrain, he has managed in Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.albiladpress.com/article301098-3.html|title="المدرب الأسمر" محمد الشملان ل "البلاد سبورت":|publisher=albiladpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.akhbar-alkhaleej.com/13015/article/55735.html|title=أنا سفير للكرة البحرينية.. محمد الشملان تدريبي لباكستان ليس مغامرة وتم تكليفي مديرا فنيا|publisher=akhbar-alkhaleej.com}}</ref> Leading the Bahrain Olympic Team to the 2010 Asian Games, he left them after a dismal campaign which saw them fail to progress past the group stage.<ref name="dawn.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1037667|title=Coach Shamlan looks to utilize Pakistan's football talent|website=Dawn.com|date=23 August 2013|accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref> Was denied entry into Palestine by Israel to join his team in the 2014 Palestine International Championship for some days and was forced to sit out of their first game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-2ba8-Pakistan-coach-made-to-wait-in-Jordan#.WLff6oVOKIG|title=Pakistan coach made to wait in Jordan|date=13 May 2014}}</ref>

==Career== He sent 5 goalkeeping coaches to License B training courses in Bahrain when managing Pakistan and was the only foreign coach to deliberately quit the Pakistan job.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tns.thenews.com.pk/a-friendly-coach/#.WLeFC4VOKIF|title=A friendly coach - TNS - The News on Sunday|publisher=}}</ref>

===Pakistan National Team=== Mohammad Al-Shamlan was designated as manager of Pakistan in 2013, asking for a six-month buffer period in order to yield positive results.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3952/asia/2013/08/27/4216719/pakistans-mohammed-shamlan-i-dont-have-a-magic-wand|title=Pakistan's Mohammed Shamlan: I don't have a magic wand - Goal.com|date=27 August 2013|publisher=}}</ref> As their manager, he tried to utilize Pakistan's football talent<ref name="dawn.com"/> but failed and quit the job in summer 2015, joining Riffa SC in the Bahraini Premier League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/52697-satisfied-shamlan-says-goodbye-to-pakistan|title=Satisfied Shamlan says goodbye to Pakistan|publisher=}}</ref> With Al-Shamlan as coach, Pakistan failed to progress to the second round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.

===Pakistan Under 23's=== Blamed for unsatisfactory results for the Pakistan U-23's in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualifying stages and losing all matches, he was backed by the Pakistan Football Federation.

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==External links== * {{Soccerway coach|mohammed-al-shamlan/311183}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shamlan, Mohammad al-}} Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Bahraini football managers Category:Bahraini expatriate sportspeople in Pakistan Category:Expatriate football managers in Pakistan Category:Bahrain men's international footballers Category:Bahraini men's footballers Category:Manama Club (football) managers Category:Bahraini expatriate football managers Category:Al-Riffa SC managers Category:Hidd SCC managers Category:Bahraini Premier League managers