Hussein Ammouta
Ammouta with Al Sadd SC in 2012
Personal information
Full name Hussein Ammouta
or Lhoussaine Ammouta
Date of birth (1969-10-24) 24 October 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Khemisset, Morocco[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Jordan (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 Ittihad Khemisset
1990–1996 Fath Union Sport
1996–1997 Al Riyadh
1997–2001 Al Sadd SC 45 (24)
2001–2003 Sharjah
2002 Qatar SC 7 (6)
2003 Zemmouis
International career
1991-1994 Morocco 5 (1)
1992 Morocco Olympic
Managerial career
2003 Zemmouis
2005–2008 Ittihad 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 ASFAR
2023– Jordan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hussein 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]

Jordan

On 27 June 2023, Ammouta has been appointed as the Jordan national football team coach.[9][10] In the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, Jordan, Coached by Ammouta, have won their opening match 4-0 against Malaysia.[11][12] They drew 2-2 against South Korea.[13]

Career statistics

Managerial

As of match played 14 September 2015
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Al-Sadd July 2012 December 2015 152 87 35 30 057.24
Wydad AC 2022 2023
Morocco A' 2020 2022
Wydad AC 2022 2023
ASFAR 2023 2023
Jordan 26 June 2023 9 1 2 5 0.00
Total 153 88 36 29 057.52

Honours

Player

Al-Sadd

Manager

Fath Union Sport
Al-Sadd
Wydad AC
Morocco

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Football : Hussein Amotta". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "رسميا حسين عموته مدربا للسد". Qatarfootball.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Great goals for new Al Sadd coach". Doha Stadium Plus. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "الزعيم يواصل تحطيم الأرقام القياسية بدوري النجوم". Al Kass. 24 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  7. ^ "AL KHARITIYATH VS. AL SADD 0 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  8. ^ Rahhali, Lamine. "Wydad Athletic Club Signs Houcine Ammouta as New Head Coach". Morocco World News. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Ammouta takes charge of Jordan". the-AFC. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Moroccan Hussein Ammouta Appointed as Jordan National Team Coach". www.qna.org.qa. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Group E: Malaysia 0-4 Jordan". the-AFC. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  12. ^ "AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023: Jordan Defeat Malaysia 4-0". www.qna.org.qa. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Group E: Jordan 2-2 Korea Republic". the-AFC. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Morocco 4-0 Nigeria - February 04, 2018 / CHAN 2018".
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