Hussein Ammouta (Arabic: الحسين عموتة, Berber languages: ⵍⵃⵓⵙⵉⵏ ⵄⵎⵓⵜⴰ; also spelled Lhoussaine Ammouta[2] – born 24 October 1969 in Khemisset) is a Moroccan professional football manager and former player, who is the current head coach of Botola side Wydad AC. He previously played as a midfielder, and had spent his entire playing career in the Middle East and Africa. He competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[3]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name |
Hussein Ammouta or Lhoussaine Ammouta | ||
Date of birth | (1969-10-24) 24 October 1969 (age 52) | ||
Place of birth | Khemisset, Morocco[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Wydad AC (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 | ||
National team | |||
1991 | Morocco | 1 | (0) |
1992 | Morocco Olympic | ||
Teams managed | |||
2003 | Zemmouis | ||
2005–2008 | Ittihad Khemisset | ||
2008–2011 | Fath Union Sport | ||
2011–2012 | Al Sadd SC (Technical director) | ||
2012–2015 | Al Sadd SC | ||
2017–2018 | Wydad AC | ||
2020–2022 | Morocco A' | ||
2022– | Wydad AC | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
His career began in his hometown club of Ittihad Khemisset in 1988.[4] 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.[5]
He began his managerial career as a player-coach at Zemmouis SC in 2003.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7] Sadd were eventually held to a goalless draw by Al Kharaitiyat on 8 December 2012.[8] 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.
On 18 August 2022, Ammouta was announced as the new Wydad AC head coach, replacing Walid Regragui.[9]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Al-Sadd | July 2012 | December 2015 | 152 | 87 | 35 | 30 | 057.24 |
Wydad AC | TBD 2022 | present | |||||
Total | 152 | 87 | 35 | 30 | 057.24 |
Wydad AC – current squad | |
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Qatar Stars League top scorers | |
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Morocco football squad – 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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Hussein Ammouta managerial positions | |||||||||
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