Mohammad Yousef Kargar
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohammad Yosuf Kargar | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1963[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Afghanistan[2] | ||
| International career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1984 | Afghanistan | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2008 | Afghanistan (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2014 | Afghanistan | ||
Mohammad Yosuf Kargar (Persian: محمد یوسف کارگر) is an Afghan former football player and manager who is president of the Afghanistan Football Federation. He formerly coached the Afghanistan national team.
Kargar's family set up Afghanistan's first ski resort, and he became the national champion in 1978 at the age of 16. He stopped skiing due to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.[3] During the 1970s and 1980s, he was a member of the Afghanistan national team. He coached Afghan youth teams after becoming the senior manager of the Afghanistan national team in 2001.[4] His biggest achievement is leading the national football team to the SAFF Cup trophy in 2013.
