Khaled Al-Atwi

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{{cite web |title="نجوم الأحساء" يلمع في دوري الأولى أول مرة في تاريخه مدرب الأبطال: لم يتدخلوا في عملي فتحقق المنجز الكبير |url=http://www.alriyadh.com/1026274}} respectively. On June 14 2016, Al-Atwi was appointed as the manager of the Saudi Arabia U20 national team.{{cite web |title=اتحاد القدم يعين العطوي مدربًا للمنتخب السعودي للشباب |url=https://sabq.org/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8}} 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.{{cite web |title=10 معلومات لا تعرفها عن خالد العطوي صاحب الإنجاز السعودي اقرأ المزيد من المشهد العربي|url=https://almashhadalaraby.com/news/48942}} 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.{{cite web |title=خالد العطوي يعلن نهاية مشواره مع الأخضر الشاب |url=https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/sport/saudi-sport/2019/06/17/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%B6%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8}} Later that day, he was announced as the manager of Pro League club Al-Ettifaq.{{cite web |title=دارة نادي #الاتفاق تتعاقد مع المدرب الوطني خالد العطوي |url=https://twitter.com/Ettifaq/status/1140649087131422721 |accessdate=17 June 2019}} 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.{{cite web |title=الاتفاق يفك ارتباطه مع العطوي بالتراضي |url=https://ettifaq.com/news/14-10-2021-2/}}

On 18 June 2022, it was announced that Al-Atwi was appointed as the new manager of First Division League side Al-Qadsiah.{{cite web |title=خالد العطوي مدربًا لـ القادسية |url=https://www.almowaten.net/2022/06/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8B%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%80-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9/}} On 22 September 2022, Al-Atwi was sacked after 5 matches, he drew twice and lost three times.{{cite web |title=القادسية ينهي عقد العطوي ويتعاقد مع الحبيب |url=https://www.alyaum.com/article/6422709}}

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.{{cite web |title=العطوي "مدير المدرسة".. قاد الأخضر لكأس العالم..!! |url=https://www.alyaum.com/articles/6060405/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%B6%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85!!}}

;Al-Nojoom

• Saudi Third Division: 2012–13{{cite web |title=فريق النجوم بطل دوري الدرجة الثالثة بالأحساء |url=http://mawtenalakhbar.com/p/2620}}{{dead link|date=February 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• Saudi Second Division runners-up: 2014–15

;Saudi Arabia U20

• AFC U-19 Championship: 2018
• GCC U-19 Championship: 2016{{cite web |title=كأس الخليج للشباب سعودية |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/1530299}}

;Individual

• Saudi Professional League Manager of the Month: December 2020{{cite web |title=العطوي يحصد أفضلية المدربين للمرة الأولى |url=https://www.spl.com.sa/ar/node/3607 |access-date=3 November 2021 |archive-date=31 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231110840/https://spl.com.sa/ar/node/3607 |url-status=dead }}

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