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Abdullah Abu Zema
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-04-04) 4 April 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Wehdat (manager)
Youth career
Al-Wehdat
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2005 Al-Wehdat
2000 → Al-Wakrah (loan)
International career
1996–2004 Jordan 82 (12)
Managerial career
2013–2015 Al-Wehdat
2016 Jordan (caretaker)
2017–2018 Kuwait SC
2018–2019 Al Ansar
2019– Al-Wehdat
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdullah Abu Zema (Arabic: عبد الله أبو زمع) is a Jordanian association football coach of Palestinian descent.

Career

Abu Zema officially announced his retirement in playing football at the age of 29 after sustaining an injury. An international friendly match was played between his country Jordan and Armenia on 1 August 2005 in Amman, sponsored by Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein. After playing the first five minutes of the match, Abu Zema gave the captain armband to his teammate Haitham Al-Shboul as well as his #18 jersey shirt to his younger teammate Hassan Abdel-Fattah and left the field.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing football, Abu Zema became one of the assistant coaches of his national team (2006–09), under head coaches Mahmoud El-Gohary (2006–07) and Nelo Vingada (2007–09) until the Iraqi Adnan Hamad took over coaching the national team. When Dragan Talajić became head manager of Shabab Al-Ordon (2009–10), Abu Zema became his assistant coach ever since then. They both then moved to Abu Zema's home club Al-Wehdat (2010–11). When Ra'fat Ali, one of Abu Zema's companions, took proficiency in Kuwait, Abu Zema and Talajić joined him by coaching his team (2011–12).

Abu Zema had finally become a head coach himself when he began coaching Al-Wehdat in February 2013, succeeding the Egyptian Mohammad Omar who failed to help Al-Wehdat reach the semi-finals of the 2012–13 Jordan Cup losing to Al-Ramtha SC on penalties in the quarter-finals, and losing to the 2012–13 Jordan league winners Shabab Al-Ordon in the second half of the season.

Honours and participation in international tournaments

In AFC Asian Cups

In Pan Arab Games

In Arab Nations Cup

In WAFF Championships

Career statistics

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 July 1999 Amman  Syria 4–0 Win Friendly
2 18 August 1999 Amman  Palestine 2–0 Win 1999 Pan Arab Games
3 18 August 1999 Amman  Palestine 2–0 Win 1999 Pan Arab Games
4 31 August 1999 Amman  Iraq 4–4 Draw 1999 Pan Arab Games
5 4 April 2000 Doha  Palestine 5–1 Win 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6 4 April 2000 Doha  Palestine 5–1 Win 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7 8 April 2000 Doha  Qatar 2–2 Draw 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
8 23 May 2000 Amman  Kyrgyzstan 2–0 Win 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship
9 9 February 2002 Ta'Qali  Malta 2–1 Loss Friendly
10 18 December 2002 Kuwait City  Morocco 1–1 Draw 2002 Arab Nations Cup
11 20 December 2002 Kuwait City  Sudan 2–1 Win 2002 Arab Nations Cup
12 26 August 2003 Amman  Iraq 2–1 Win Friendly

Managerial statistics

As of 9 August 2020
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref
Al-Wehdat 21 February 2013[1] 26 May 2015 79 50 18 11 142 48 +94 063.29
Jordan (caretaker) 12 January 2016[2] 15 December 2016[3] 10 2 5 3 8 9 −1 020.00 [4]
Kuwait SC 26 July 2017 2 March 2018 23 15 5 3 53 16 +37 065.22
Al Ansar 30 August 2018 25 May 2019 26 18 4 4 61 22 +39 069.23
Al-Wehdat 30 May 2019 Until now 10 7 1 2 20 3 +17 070.00
Total 148 92 33 23 284 98 +186 062.16 —

References

  1. ^ الوحدات الأردني يُطيح بمدربه المصري، ويعين عبد الله أبو زمع خلفًا له. Goal.com (in Arabic). 21 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Put quits as Jordan head coach". Jordan Olympic Committee. 13 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. ^ Vinnell, Paul (17 March 2016). "Harry Redknapp confirmed as Jordan manager". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Jordan – FIFA matches". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 10 November 2016.


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