Younis Amaan

Younis Amaan
Personal information
Full name Younis Amaan Al Naseeb
Place of birth Salalah, Oman
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1988 Dhofar
1988–1995 Mirbat
International career
0000–1995 Oman 65
Managerial career
Al-Ittihad
1996–1997 Al-Hilal
1997–1998 Dhofar
2004–2005 Al-Ittihad
2009–2010 Al-Ittihad
2011–2012 Al-Ittihad
2013–2014 Al-Ittihad
Mirbat
2016 Salalah
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Younis Amaan (Arabic: يونس أمان) is an Omani football player and coach. He played as a forward, earning 65 caps for the Oman national team and appearing at three Arabian Gulf Cups.[1][2]

At the club level, Amaan appeared for Dhofar and Mirbat. He was five times the top scorer of the Oman Professional League, as well as the 1986 Gulf Club Champions Cup.[1][3] During his seven seasons at Mirbat, Amaan also coached the club's youth teams; during his final two seasons, he served as a player-coach with the senior team.[4]

Amaan continued as a coach after his playing retirement, earning his C and B licenses from the Asian Football Confederation.[4] In his first head coaching position, he helped Al-Ittihad earn promotion from the Oman First Division League.[4] After seasons at Al-Hilal and Dhofar, Amaan would spend four more spells in charge of Al-Ittihad, the last of those seeing him take over in midseason and ending in relegation.[4] He took over Salalah at the midpoint of the 2015–16 season with the club sitting on the bottom of the table, but was unable to improve the position as Salalah were relegated.[5]

Outside of coaching, Amaan worked as a studio analyst for Al Jazeera Sport during the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup. He has been a frequent critic of the Oman Football Association and football administration in the country, calling for an increase in the professionalism of the Oman Professional League and critiquing the performances of the national team.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b أمان: أدعو لإبعاد السياسة عن الرياضية [Aman: I call for the exclusion of politics from sports]. Al Bilad (in Arabic). Dar Al Bilad for Press Publishing and Distribution. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. ^ Al-Salmani, Ahmed (1 January 2018). يونس أمان: ذكريات كأس الخليج لا تنسى [Yunus Aman: Memories of the Gulf Cup are unforgettable]. Al Roya (in Arabic). Al Roya Press & Publishing LLC. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. ^ .:: لا عشق الا عشق ظفار::. المقالة( 3 )( بقلمي المتشوق) [No love but love of Dhofar ::. Article (3) (My Old Shortcake)]. Kooora (in Arabic). Netizen. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d في المؤتمـر الصحفي - يونس أمـان مــدربا لنادي الاتحاد [In the press conference – Younes Amaan, coach of Al-Ittihad]. Dhofari.com (in Arabic). 18 June 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. ^ أمان يتطلع إلى العبور بصلالة لبر الأمـان [Amaan looks forward to crossing Salalah to safety]. Azamn (in Arabic). 27 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. ^ المدرب يونس أمان: أحب النجاح وأحب أن أعيش فيه .. وإسمي يساعدني ولكن لا يشفع لي [Coach Yunus Aman: I love success and I love to live in it .. My name helps me, but it does not help me]. Kooora Wa Bas (in Arabic). SABCO Press, Publishing & Advertising LLC. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. ^ bin Abdat, Muhammad (17 January 2018). غزال الكره العمانيه يونس امان في حوار مفتوح مع سبورت : العمانيون ليسوا مفاجأة..وهذه مشكلة الاعلام الخليجي [Omani football gazelle Younes Aman in an open dialogue with Sport: The Omanis are not a surprise..and this is the problem of the Gulf media]. Sport KSA (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  8. ^ Mubarak, Mohamed (19 January 2019). يونس أمان: المنتخب العماني تطور وأطالب بالتجديد لفيربيك [Yunus Aman: The Omani team has evolved and I call for a renewal for Verbeek]. Tooofa (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 October 2020.