Ghassan Maatouk

Managerial career Maatouk was head coach of Al-Muhafaza during the 2015–16 Syrian Premier League; he submitted his resignation in August 2016. Maatouk was assistant coach of the Syria national team in 2019. Maatouk became the first team's head coach in March 2020. He helped them win the Syrian Cup, and qualify for the 2021 AFC Cup. While in December 2020 Al-Wahda rejected Maatouk's resignation submission, they accepted his second request in February 2021.

Maatouk was part of the Syria national team's staff at the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. On 9 February 2022, he was appointed head coach of the national team; he was the fifth Syria coach to be appointed during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.

In June 2022, Maatouk became head coach of Bahraini Premier League club East Riffa.

Honours

Player Al-Wahda Syrian Premier League: 2003–04 Syrian Cup: 2002–03 AFC Cup runner-up: 2004

Syria WAFF Championship runner-up: 2004

Manager Al-Wahda Syrian Cup: 2019–20 Syrian Super Cup: 2020