Riyadh: Brazilian club Internacional de Minas has appointed the former ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ national team player Mohammed Abdel Jawad as coach of the club’s youth team.
This makes Abdel Jawad the first Arab coach to train a Brazilian club.
Mohammed Abdel Jawad, born in 1962, played in the left-back position at Al-Ahli and for the Saudi team.
He was part of the Saudi national team that won the Asia Cup in 1984 and 1988, and participated in the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 as well as the World Cup Finals.
