Talaat Youssef (; born 21 January 1955) is an Egyptian

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manager and former player who coaches

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in the

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Playing career

El Ittihad El Sakandary

Youssef is considered one of El Ittihad El Sakandary's (aka Alexandria Union) best and best-known players. He helped his team gain their latest trophy by scoring the winning goal against Al Ahly Cairo in 1976 Egyptian Football Cup. Youssef's loosely tied boot flew into the net as he shot the winning goal, which confused Al Ahly's goal keeper; Ekramy.

Managerial career

Youssef not only led

Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary Al Ittihad Alexandria Club (), locally known as El Ittihad El Skandary, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the high ...

(aka Alexandria Union) to avoid relegation in

2004–05 Egyptian Premier League In the 2004–05 Egyptian Premier League, 14 teams participated. The first-placed team was the champion, and qualified to the CAF Champions League 2006 along with the team finishing in second place. The third-placed team qualified to the CAF Conf ...

, but the team reached the 2004-05 Egyptian Football Cup Final game under his management. Although the team lost 0–1 to ENPPI after extra-time, it qualified for the

2006 CAF Confederation Cup The 2006 CAF Confederation Cup was the third edition of the CAF Confederation Cup. It started with the preliminary round (home-and away ties) that was played in February and March 2006. Étoile Sahel of Tunisia beat FAR Rabat of Morocco in the f ...

because ENPPI qualified to the

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. Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary was eventually eliminated in the second round after losing to

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's Espérance via

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. Both teams had exchanged a 1–0 win on its home ground. In June 2006,

El Geish Tala'ea el-Gaish Sporting Club (), also known as Army, is an Egyptian sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top league in the Egyp ...

appointed Youssef as its new manager after his successful spell at Alexandria. He succeeded former coach Hassan Megahed, who died earlier that year. Youssef enjoyed a successful career with El Geish. He led the team to fourth position in

2007–08 Egyptian Premier League The 2007–08 Egyptian Premier League started on 13 August 2007, and finished on 22 May 2008. Al Ahly were crowned champions for the fourth year in a row and for the thirty-third time in total since the league started in 1948. League table ...

, and to semi-finals in

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. Youssed then moved to newly promoted Ittihad El-Shorta. He became the highest-paid local manager at the Egyptian Premier League with a monthly wage of EGP 70,000 according to some reports.Tarek, Sheri
"Youssef remains highest-paid Egyptian coach"
Fligoal, 3 May 2010. Retrieved on 7 May 2010. He extended his contract for an extra season in May 2010. He took over the training of the Al Ittihad on 22 May 2019, to succeed Helmy Toulan, started with a caretaker role, then signed a long contract. On 12 October 2020, he resigned from coaching El Ittihad. He later managed Al Ahli Tripoli for the third tenure and

Ismaily SC Ismaily Sporting Club () is an Egyptian football club, established on 20 March 1921 as El Nahda Sporting Club () ( Egyptian pronunciation: Nady El Nahda), based in Ismaïlia, Egypt. The club is best known for its football team. Also it's consi ...

in 2021, followed by El Gouna and

ENPPI SC ENPPI Sporting Club (), simply known as ENPPI, is an Egyptian football club based in East Cairo, that competes in the Egyptian Premier League and plays home matches at Petrosport stadium in New Cairo. The club is related to ENPPI (Engineering For ...

until February 2023. In May 2024, he became the head coach of

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Al Ahli Tripoli *

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: 2013–14

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Youssef, Talaat 1955 births Living people Footballers from Alexandria Egyptian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Egyptian football managers Al Ittihad Alexandria Club managers Al Masry SC managers Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC managers Smouha SC managers Tala'ea El Gaish SC managers Ismaily SC managers El Gouna FC managers ENPPI SC managers Egyptian expatriate football managers Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in Libya Expatriate football managers in Libya 20th-century Egyptian sportsmen