Walid Regragui
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File:Regragui (cropped).jpg Regragui with the Morocco national football team in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 23 September 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Corbeil-Essonnes, France | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Morocco (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Corbeil-Essonnes | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Racing Paris | 17 | (3) |
| 1999–2001 | Toulouse | 37 | (3) |
| 2001–2004 | Ajaccio | 72 | (3) |
| 2004–2006 | Racing Santander | 25 | (0) |
| 2007 | Dijon | 10 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Grenoble | 39 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Fleury-Mérogis | ||
| International career | |||
| 2001–2009 | Morocco[1] | 45 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2013 | Morocco (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2019 | FUS Rabat | ||
| 2019–2021 | Al-Duhail | ||
| 2021–2022 | Wydad AC | ||
| 2022– | Morocco | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Walid Regragui (Tamazight: ⵡⴰⵍⵉⴷ ⵔⴰⴳⵔⴰⴳⵉ; Arabic: وليد الركراكي; born 23 September 1975) is a Moroccan football manager and a retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the head coach of the Morocco national football team.
Born in France, Regragui was a full international for Morocco. Clubs he played for include Toulouse, AC Ajaccio, Grenoble and Racing Santander. In the summer of 2009, he moved from Grenoble to Moroccan side Moghreb Tétouan for his last playing career.[2]
Managerial career
Morocco
After retiring as player, Regragui began with football coaching as assistant of Morocco's national team in September 2012. When the head coach Rachid Taoussi was sacked on 1 October 2013, his contract was also terminated.
Fath Union Sport
On 8 May 2014, he landed a head coaching job with Fath Union Sport for the 2014–15 season.[3] On 22 January 2020, he left the club by mutual consent.[4]
Wydad AC
On 10 August 2021, Regragui was appointed as the head coach of Botola side Wydad AC.[5] On 30 May 2022, he leads Wydad AC to win its 3rd CAF Champions League title, after beating defending champions Al Ahly in the final.[6] He became only the second Moroccan manager to win the African Champions League, after Hussein Ammouta with Wydad in 2017.[7]
Morocco
On 31 August 2022, Regragui was appointed as the new head coach for the Morocco national football team after the sacking of former head coach Vahid Halilhodžić.[8][9] On 21 September 2022, Regragui coached his first friendly game, which ended in a 1-0 victory against Madagascar.[10]
Managerial statistics
- As of 27 November 2022[11]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Al-Duhail | January 2020 | September 2020 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 61.11 |
| Wydad AC | September 2021 | May 2022 | 48 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 64.58 |
| Morocco | August 2022 | Present | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Total | 71 | 45 | 13 | 13 | 63.38 | ||
Honours
Player
Ajaccio
Morocco
- Africa Cup of Nations Runner-up: 2004
Manager
Fath Union Sport
Al-Duhail
Wydad AC
References
- ^ Morocco - Record International Players
- ^ Excitement building in Morocco FIFA.com. 27 August 2009.
- ^ FUS Rabat sign new coach Magharebia. 9 May 2014.
- ^ "COMMUNIQUE DU FATH UNION SPORT" (in French).
- ^ "الركراكي يوقع عقود انضمامه للوداد الرياضي كمدرب للفريق الأوّل" [Regragui signs his contracts with Wydad as coach of the first team.]. www.elbotola.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "El Moutaraji double delivers third TotalEnergies CAF Champions League title to Wydad". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "الركراكي ثاني مدرب مغربي يتوج بلقب دوري أبطال أفريقيا". www.elbotola.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Walid Regragui confirmed as new Atlas Lions coach". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Morocco appoint Walid Regragui as head coach". ESPN.com. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "الركراكي يحقق أول فوز مع منتخب المغرب". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 21 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "نهاية مشوار المدرب وليد الركراكي مع الدحيل". استاد الدوحة (in Arabic). 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Morocco select Regragui to lead them into a new sporting era". Atalayar. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
External links
- Walid Regragui at National-Football-Teams.com
- Walid Regragui at L'Équipe Football (in French)
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Corbeil-Essonnes
- Footballers from Essonne
- Moroccan footballers
- French footballers
- Association football forwards
- Morocco international footballers
- French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- 2004 African Cup of Nations players
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- La Liga players
- AS Corbeil-Essonnes (football) players
- Racing Club de France Football players
- Toulouse FC players
- AC Ajaccio players
- Racing de Santander players
- Dijon FCO players
- Grenoble Foot 38 players
- Moghreb Tétouan players
- Moroccan football managers
- Wydad AC managers
- Al-Duhail SC managers
- Moroccan expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Botola managers
- 2022 FIFA World Cup managers