Mourad Okbi

Mourad Okbi

Personal information
Full name	Mourad Okbi
Date of birth	(1965-09-01) 1 September 1965
Place of birth	Kairouan, Tunisia
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Tunisia (Assistant)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1989	JS Kairouan
1992–1994	Al-Ahli Club
International career
1987–1995	Tunisia	50	(3)
Managerial career
2000–2002	ES Hammam-Sousse
2002–2004	Najran SC
2004–2005	Al-Shoulla F.C.
2005–2006	Al-Watani
2006–2007	Abha Club
2007	JS Kairouan
2010	Najran SC
2010–2013	JS Kairouan
2013–2014	US Monastir
2014–2015	Stade Gabèsien
2015–2016	Al-Ittihad Kalba SC
2016–2017	Stade Gabèsien
2017–	Tunisia (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mourad Okbi (born 1 September 1965) is a Tunisian football manager and former player who currently manages Tunisia as an assistant.

Club career

He played in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 with JS Kairouan and in Saudi Professional League with Al-Ahli Saudi FC.

International career

With the National team he started in 1987, collecting 50 appearances in eight years and scored 3 goals, he participated also in 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and 1994 African Cup of Nations.

Coaching career

He Started his career in 2000 with many Tunisian teams managing ES Hammam-Sousse, JS Kairouan, US Monastir and Stade Gabésien and Saudi teams with Najran SC, Al-Shoulla F.C., Al-Watani and Abha Club and also Emirati teams with Al-Ittihad Kalba SC. On 17 May 2017 he became the assistant of Nabil Maaloul in Tunisia and managed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. After the departure of Nabil Maaloul, Okbi was retained with the new head coach Faouzi Benzarti.