
Photo: Tomas Caspers from Much, Deutschland / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Youssef Mohamad is the kind of player I deeply admire: a Lebanese kid from Beirut who not only reached the Bundesliga but captained 1. FC Koln there, while also wearing the armband for his national team. That is leadership earned the hard way, far from football's wealthiest pipelines. Nicknamed Dodo, he is regarded as one of the most successful figures in Lebanese football history, and his move into coaching the national side feels like a natural continuation. I find players who carry a smaller footballing nation onto Europe's biggest stages genuinely inspiring, and Mohamad is exactly that.
Overview
Youssef Wassef Mohamad (Arabic: يوسف واصف محمد; born 1 July 1980), also known as Dodo (Arabic: دودو), is a Lebanese former professional footballer who is assistant coach of the Lebanon national team. Mohamad is one of the most successful players in the history of Lebanese football, captaining 1. FC Köln during his spell with the club in the Bundesliga, as well as the Lebanon national team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Youssef Mohamad
- Name (Japanese)
- ユセフ・モハマド
- Reading
- ゆせふ・もはまど
- Born
- July 1, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Monkey
- Origin
- Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Lebanon →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.