Mattar M'Boge

Mattar M'Boge
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-06-21) 21 June 1980
Place of birth Banjul, The Gambia
Club information
Current team

Gambia national under-20 football team (head coach)

Gambia national football team (assistant coach)

Mattar M'Boge (born 21 June 1980) is a football coach and former player who is the current head coach of the Gambia national under-20 football team and assistant head coach of the Gambia national football team.[1][2]

As head coach of the Gambia national under-20 football team he secured the 2018 WAFU/FOX U-20 Tournament title in his first international assignment. The tournament was hosted by Liberia and the Young Scorpions were the only unbeaten team in the tournament[3]. This was the first ever trophy at U-20 level for the country and M'Boge became the first Gambian head coach to win a trophy at international level and also became the youngest coach to achieve this accolade so far[4].

Following their triumph, the team was received by the President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, who congratulated them and expressed his pride for their achievements[5].

Career

M’Boge started his coaching career in 2004 whilst studying at Loughborough University, where he also gained his MSc. in Multimedia & Computing as well as his BSc. in Computing & Management and where he coached his teams to consecutive national league titles between 2005 and 2007.

Since 2007, he has worked with several Academies across the UK, before coaching the reserves at Harrow Borough FC[6] winning a national league and cup double in 2010,[7] then Hampton & Richmond Borough FC, with his most recent position as Academy Coach at Barnet FC.

He was appointed as head coach of Real de Banjul F.C. in April 2014[8][9] taking over from Belgian coach Franky van de Velde and successfully led the team in impressive fashion to win the GFF First Division championship[10] with two games to spare, setting the record for most goals scored in a season and number of points. The run to the league championship included some high-scoring victories[11][12][13][14][15] and was notable as he took over with the team in fourth place following a six-point deduction for fielding ineligible players.[16]

He was part of the national team setup[17] that won an invitational tournament in Mbour, Senegal in November 2014[18] before he was appointed U17 Head Coach[19] in April 2015 on a two-year contract. Prior to this, he was assigned as Assistant Head Coach for the national team[20] for a 1-0 friendly win over Mauritania which was the first game in over 18 months for the Gambia national football team.[21] He continued in his role as Assistant Head Coach for the CHAN team which was knocked out in the qualifying round for CHAN 2016 by rivals Senegal losing 1-3[22] in Dakar and 0-1[23] in Banjul.

He was promoted to work with the senior national team as assistant coach,[24][25] before being interviewed for the head coach role when it became vacant[26] and finally being confirmed in a revamped backroom team[27] following the appointment of Sang Ndong as head coach. He was promoted as Head Coach of the U20 national team in October 2017[28][29].

He has also appeared as a television and radio pundit, analysing the World Cup in 2014, African Nations Cup in 2015 and Euro 2016 for national television station GRTS.[30]

References

  1. ↑ "GFF appoints three national team coaches". The Point. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Gambia appoints 3 coaches". The Observer. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "WAFU A U-20: Gambia stun host Liberia to win title". Cafonline. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Victorious U-20 Coach Mattar Mboge speaks". Gambia News Online. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "President: Gambia has a cause to celebrate WAFU success". The Point. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Harrow Borough FC's youngsters tipped for bright futures". Get West London. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  7. ↑ "Harrow Borough's second string complete league and cup double". Get West London. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "Real de Banjul appoint Mattar M'Boge as Coach". Real de Banjul FC. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "New Real de Banjul coach eyes domestic dominance". The Observer. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Domestic mission accomplished for Real coach". The Observer. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Real de Banjul strolls past Bakau United". Real de Banjul FC. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Real romp Samger in Banjul". Real de Banjul FC. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Real de Banjul trounce Interior in league". The Observer. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "Real thrash Banjul United in KG5 football tournament opener". Real de Banjul FC. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "Real de Banjul win KG5 friendly tournament". Real de Banjul FC. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  16. ↑ "Mattar M'Boge speaks on winning league". Real de Banjul FC. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  17. ↑ "Gambia to partake in 4-team Senegal tourney". Sporttu Gambia. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  18. ↑ "SCORPIONS CLINCH MBOUR INVITATIONAL TROPHY". The Standard. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  19. ↑ "GFF appoints 3 coaches, GK trainer". The Standard. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  20. ↑ "Mourabitounes en préparation Les Scorpions de Gambie, en ligne de mire". RIM Sports. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  21. ↑ "Winning return". Daily Observer. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  22. ↑ "Senegal outclass Gambia in Dakar". CAF Online. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  23. ↑ "Ndoye header gives Senegal double over Gambia". CAF Online. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  24. ↑ "New national team assistant coach". Gambia Football League. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  25. ↑ "Change of guard at Scorpions Camp". The Standard Newspaper. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  26. ↑ "Sarr, Mboge or Sise can be Scorpions' new coach". Nna Gambia News. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  27. ↑ "Scorpions Coach on Mauritania Game". observer.gm. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  28. ↑ Loughborough Sport. "Alumnus lands Gambian Football Head Coach position". Loughborough Sport. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  29. ↑ Loughborough University. "Alumnus lands Gambian Football Head Coach position". Loughborough University. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  30. ↑ Famara Fofana. "A letter to Coaches Bonu and Matar". The Standard. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
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