Youssef Dahha

{{Short description|Canadian soccer player, coach, and trainer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Youssef Dahha''' (born 9 August 1972) is the official [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] trainer for the Canadian [[association football|soccer]] team, the [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]] in [[British Columbia]], Canada.

==Career== Dahha played pro soccer in Morocco, and played for [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]] during the [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers|1988 Olympic qualification rounds]].

==Coaching career== Dahha coached the goalkeepers of the [[Trois-Rivières Attak]] and [[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|second tier Montreal Impact]] from 2004 to 2011. He continued with the [[Montreal Impact (MLS)|Montreal Impact]] upon their entry into [[Major League Soccer]] until 2017. He has contributed in Canadian goalkeeper [[Greg Sutton (soccer)|Greg Sutton]]'s development and then helped [[Matt Jordan]], [[Troy Perkins]] and [[Evan Bush]] to become dominant goalkeepers again.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.attakfc.com/en/entraineurs/view/2 |title=Attak FC |website=www.attakfc.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106060005/http://www.attakfc.com/en/entraineurs/view/2 |archive-date=6 November 2007}}</ref> He was goalkeeper coach for [[Ottawa Fury FC]] in 2018. He was hired as the [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]] goalkeeper coach on 7 December 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitecapsfc.com/post/2018/12/06/first-team-coaching-staff|title=WFC name first-team coaching staff under head coach Marc Dos Santos | Vancouver Whitecaps FC|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>

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