| Ghassan Maatouk | |
| Fullname: | Mohammad Ghassan Maatouk |
| Birth Date: | 30 April 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Damascus, Syria |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | East Riffa (head coach) |
| Years1: | 2002–2010 |
| Clubs1: | Al-Wahda |
| Years2: | 2006–2007 |
| Clubs2: | → Niki Volou (loan) |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2003–2006 |
| Nationalteam1: | Syria |
| Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 2015–2016 |
| Managerclubs1: | Al-Muhafaza |
| Manageryears2: | 2019 |
| Managerclubs2: | Syria (assistant) |
| Manageryears3: | 2019–2020 |
| Managerclubs3: | Al-Wahda (youth) |
| Manageryears4: | 2020–2021 |
| Managerclubs4: | Al-Wahda |
| Manageryears5: | 2022 |
| Managerclubs5: | Syria |
| Manageryears6: | 2022– |
| Managerclubs6: | East Riffa |
Mohammad Ghassan Maatouk (Arabic: محمد غسان معتوق; born 30 April 1977) is a Syrian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Bahraini club East Riffa.
He played as a defender for Al-Wahda and the Syria national team; he also had a short stint at Niki Volou in Greece.
A Syrian international for three years, Maatouk played for Al-Wahda throughout his career, with a one-season loan spell at Greek club Niki Volou in 2006.
Maatouk was head coach of Al-Muhafaza during the 2015–16 Syrian Premier League;[1] he submitted his resignation in August 2016.[2] Maatouk was assistant coach of the Syria national team in 2019.[3]
In December 2019, he was appointed technical director of Al-Wahda's youth sector.[4] Maatouk became the first team's head coach in March 2020.[5] He helped them win the Syrian Cup, and qualify for the 2021 AFC Cup.[6] While in December 2020 Al-Wahda rejected Maatouk's resignation submission,[7] they accepted his second request in February 2021.[8]
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.[9]
In June 2022, Maatouk became head coach of Bahraini Premier League club East Riffa.[10]
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