Yousuf Adam Mahmoud


Yousuf Adam Mahmoud or Yousef Adam is a Qatari-Somali former football player and current manager of Al Kharaitiyat. 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.
He 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.
He 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.