Hussein Ammouta
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Full name | Hussein Ammouta | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 24 October 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Khemisset, Morocco[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Jordan (Head coach) | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1988–1990 | IZ Khemisset | ||||||||||||||||
1990–1996 | Fath Union Sport | ||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Al Riyadh | ||||||||||||||||
1997–2001 | Al Sadd SC | ||||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Sharjah | ||||||||||||||||
2003 | Qatar SC | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1991–1994 | Morocco | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2003 | Zemmouris | ||||||||||||||||
2005–2008 | IZ Khemisset | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2011 | Fath Union Sport | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Al Sadd (Technical director) | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | Al Sadd | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Wydad AC | ||||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Morocco A' | ||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Wydad AC | ||||||||||||||||
2023 | AS FAR (General supervisor) | ||||||||||||||||
2023– | Jordan | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Hussein Ammouta, also known in other documents as Lhoussaine Ammouta or Houcine Ammouta (Arabic: الحسين عموتة; born 24 October 1969) is a Moroccan professional football manager, who currently coaches the Jordan national team.
As a former midfielder, Ammouta spent his entire playing career in the Middle East and Africa. He also competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics with his nation.[2]
Playing career
His career began in his hometown club of Ittihad Khemisset in 1988.[3] He joined Al Sadd in 1997, helping them win the Emir Cup and the Crown Prince Cup in his second season at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. He was the league top goalscorer that season.
He had spells in United Arab Emirates with Al Sharjah and in Saudi Arabia with Al Riyadh.[4]
Managerial career
He began his managerial career as a player-coach at Zemmouis SC in 2003.[4]
In 2007, he returned to his first club, Ittihad Khemisset, winning the league. He left in the 2007-08 season, and from 2008 to 2011, he took over the reins of a well-known club, FUS de Rabat. After he left, he joined Al Sadd as the technical director, before being named as a replacement for head coach Jorge Fossati in 2012.[5]
His skills would be tested for the 2012 Sheikh Jassem Cup where they played most of their matches with their second team, and were in the final defeated by Al Rayyan SC, 1-0. Talk in the league, even amongst pundits, praised the team's form having consecutively won the set of nine matches that began the season, setting a league record.[6] Sadd were eventually held to a goalless draw by Al Kharaitiyat on 8 December 2012.[7] Al-Sadd won the league on 13 April 2013, one match before the end of the league. The victory followed a hiatus since the Al-Sadd league victory in 2007.
Return to Wydad AC
On 18 August 2022, Ammouta was announced as the new Wydad AC head coach, replacing Walid Regragui.[8]
AS FAR
From May to June 2023, he led the AS FAR Club as general supervisor at the end of the remaining season, because the coach law adopted by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation does not allow coaching two teams in the league during the same season, He led them to win the Moroccan League title.[9]
Jordan
On 27 June 2023, Ammouta was appointed as the Jordan national team coach.[10][11] In the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, Jordan qualified to the knockout stages as on of the best teams placed third in the group stage.[12][13] He later led the Jordanians to defeat Iraq 3–2 in the round of 16,[14] and Tajikistan 1–0 in the quarter-finals.[15][16] In the semi-finals, Jordan achieved a significant victory by defeating South Korea 2–0, which guaranteed their first appearance in the final of the Asian Cup.[17]
Career statistics
Managerial
- As of match played 6 February 2024
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
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2012 | 2015 | 104 | 59 | 27 | 18 | 56.73 |
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2017 | 2018 | 45 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 53.33 |
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2019 | 2022 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 80.00 |
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2022 | 2023 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 63.64 |
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2023 | present | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 33.33 |
Total | 185 | 103 | 43 | 39 | 55.68 |
Honours
Player
Fath Union Sport
Al-Sadd
- Qatar Stars League: 1999–2000
- Emir of Qatar Cup: 1999–2000, 2000–01
- Crown Prince Cup: 1998
- Sheikh Jassim Cup: 1997, 1999
Qatar SC
Manager
Fath Union Sport
- Botola 2: 2008–09
- Moroccan Throne Cup: 2010
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2010
Al-Sadd
Wydad AC
AS FAR
Morocco A'
Individual
- Qatar Stars League joint -Top Goalscorer: 1997–98 10 goals 15 games
- Qatar Emir Cup Top Goalscorer: 2001 7 goals 7 games
- Qatar Stars League Manager of the Season: 2012–13
- Qatar Stars League Manager of the Month: October 2014
- Qatar Stars League Manager of the Month: April 2015
- Botola Manager of the Season: 2016–17
- African Nations Championship Best Coach: 2020[19]
References
- ^ "Football : Hussein Amotta". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hussein Ammouta Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "رسميا حسين عموته مدربا للسد". Qatarfootball.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Great goals for new Al Sadd coach". Doha Stadium Plus. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ "New Al Sadd coach to join team on June 29". QFA. 25 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "الزعيم يواصل تحطيم الأرقام القياسية بدوري النجوم". Al Kass. 24 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ^ "AL KHARITIYATH VS. AL SADD 0 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ^ Rahhali, Lamine. "Wydad Athletic Club Signs Houcine Ammouta as New Head Coach". Morocco World News. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ https://www.lopinion.ma/Football-Ammouta-Khalfi-et-Samadi-au-chevet-de-l-AS-FAR_a40543.html
- ^ "Ammouta takes charge of Jordan". the-AFC. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Moroccan Hussein Ammouta Appointed as Jordan National Team Coach". www.qna.org.qa. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Group E: Malaysia 0-4 Jordan". the-AFC. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Group E: Jordan 2-2 Korea Republic". the-AFC. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Jordan score twice at the death to surge into Asian Cup last eight". France 24. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Jordan end Tajikistan run to reach first Asian Cup semi-final". France 24. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Jordan end Tajikistan's run to book historical semi-final berth". the-AFC. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Jordan knock South Korea out to reach first Asian Cup final". Reuters. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Morocco 4-0 Nigeria - February 04, 2018 / CHAN 2018".
- ^ "Morocco players dominate CHAN Best XI, Ammouta top coach". CAFOnline.com. 17 February 2021. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
External links
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- Expatriate football managers in Qatar
- Al Sadd SC managers
- Moroccan football managers
- Wydad AC managers
- People from Khemisset
- IZ Khemisset managers
- Olympic footballers for Morocco
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Men's association football midfielders
- IZ Khemisset players
- Fath Union Sport players
- Al-Riyadh SC players
- Al Sadd SC players
- Sharjah FC players
- Qatar SC players
- Botola players
- Saudi Pro League players
- Qatar Stars League players
- UAE Pro League players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
- Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Morocco men's international footballers
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Morocco
- Mediterranean Games medalists in football
- Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
- Botola managers
- 2023 AFC Asian Cup managers
- Berber Moroccans