Antonio 'El Turco' Mohamed (born 2 April 1970 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine^[1] football striker, and current manager of Colón de Santa Fe. He started his career in Argentina with Huracán, but played the majority of his career in Mexico. His climax was in Toros Neza when they had made it to the final against Chivas in the Verano '97 season alongside other famous players at the time such as Nildeson, Rodrigo Ruiz, and Germán Arangio. Mohamed left Toros Neza shortly before the club dissolved and went on to play for Club de Fútbol Monterrey. After playing shortly for several other Mexican football clubs from 2000 to 2003, he officially retired.

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
1989-1990	Club Atlético Huracán	Primera B Nacional
1991	Argentina	Copa América

[edit] Managerial career

After retiring as a player, he returned to Buenos Aires to become the manager of Club Atlético Huracán. He then had spells as manager of Mexican clubs Zacatepec, Morelia, Querétaro FC and Jaguares de Chiapas. Mohamed returned to Argentina and in 2007 he guided Huracán back into the Primera Division Argentina for the first time since their relegation in 2003, only to be replaced by Osvaldo Ardiles six games into the season.

Mohamed then returned to Mexico to take over as manager of CD Veracruz and he is now back to Argentina as manager of Colón. He wears former Turkish clothes and he carries tasbih during the matches.^[2] So everyone calls him "El Turco".^[3].

[edit] Tragedy

In June 2006 Mohamed's nine year old son Faryd was killed in a car accident during the World Cup in Germany^[4]. Mohamed himself suffered severe injuries in the crash and was in danger of losing his leg.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Career details at national Football Teams
• (Spanish) managerial statistics in the Argentine Primera

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