Ismail Mahfooz also known as Imma Mahfooz is a former Maldivian international

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and is the current head coach of the

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under a caretaker capacity.

International career

Mahfooz played for the

. He was part of the squad that participated at the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Coaching career

Maziya S&RC

Mahfooz served as head coach of the Maziya Sports and Recreation Club from 2006–2014. Maziya under his watch managed to win the

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in 2012.

Maldives national team

Mahfooz served as an assistant coach under Bulgarian head coach,

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who was appointed early of 2015. He has been assistant coach as early as 2011. When Popov resigned in August 2015, Mahfooz took over as head coach under a caretaker capacity. The first match under Mahfooz's watch was an away friendly against Philippine club

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which ended in a 2–2 draw. His first full international friendly will be against the

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on September 3, 2015 at the

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took over Mahfooz after the latter led the team in a

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match against China which was played on September 8, 2015.

Managerial

References

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