Khaled Fahad Al-Atwi (Arabic: خالد العطوي; born 13 April 1977) is a Saudi professional football manager and former player.[2][3]
Al-Atwi began his coaching career as the manager of Al-Oyoon. A year later he joined Al-Nojoom and led them to the First Division. In 2016, he was appointed as the manager of Saudi Arabia U20 national team. In 2019, Al-Atwi became the manager of Pro League side Al-Ettifaq.
Al-Atwi began his coaching career in the youth teams of Al-Oyoon in 2008. He then became the assistant manager of Al-Fateh's youth team before rejoining Al-Oyoon to become the first team manager in 2009. In 2011, Al-Atwi was appointed as the first team manager of Al-Nojoom. In his 5 seasons at the club, Al-Atwi led Al-Nojoom to promotion to the Second Division and the First Division[4] respectively. On June 14 2016, Al-Atwi was appointed as the manager of the Saudi Arabia U20 national team.[5] He led the young Green Falcons to a first-place finish in the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Saudi Arabia's third title in this age level. He was also the manager during the disastrous 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup where Saudi Arabia exited from the group stage with a catastrophic performance, losing all three games in their group. By doing so, Al-Atwi became the youngest Saudi manager to lead the national team to continental glory, and also the one with an infamous record as the worst manager of Saudi U-20 team in FIFA U-20 World Cup since the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.[6] On 17 June 2019, Al-Atwi resigned from his post as the manager of the U20 national team after 3 years after the disaster in Poland.[7] Later that day, he was announced as the manager of Pro League club Al-Ettifaq.[8] On 14 October 2021, it was announced that Al-Atwi and Al-Ettifaq agreed to end their contract mutually and he would take charge of his last match on 16 October against Al-Ahli.[9]
On 18 June 2022, it was announced that Al-Atwi was appointed as the new manager of First Division League side Al-Qadsiah.[10] On 22 September 2022, Al-Atwi was sacked after 5 matches, he drew twice and lost three times.[11]
Al-Atwi was born in Dammam but moved to Al-Oyoon, located in the Al-Ahsa Governorate, during his childhood. He is married and has four sons; Fahad, Saud, Mohammed, and Sattam. Al-Atwi graduated from King Faisal University and has a bachelor's degree in sociology. He used to work as a history teacher in a school in Urayrah. He later became a principal of a school in Al Kulabiyah.[1]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| Al-Nojoom | 
|
1 July 2011 | 30 May 2016 | 107 | 43 | 36 | 28 | 40.19 | |
| Saudi Arabia U20 |
|
14 June 2016 | 17 June 2019 | 50 | 34 | 2 | 14 | 68.00 | |
| Al-Ettifaq |
|
17 June 2019 | 16 October 2021 | 73 | 31 | 13 | 29 | 42.47 | |
| Al-Qadsiah |
|
18 June 2022 | 22 September 2022 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 235 | 108 | 53 | 74 | 45.96 | — | |||
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