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Mustapha Hadji (born 16 November 1971) is a Moroccan former professional footballer and the current assistant manager of the Morocco national team. He was named the 50th greatest African player of all time by the African football expert Ed Dove.[2]

Mustapha Hadji
مصطفى حجي
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Hadji in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	(1971-11-16) 16 November 1971 (age 50)
Place of birth	Tiznit, Morocco
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1996	Nancy	243	(98)
1996–1997	Sporting CP	27	(3)
1997–1999	Deportivo	31	(2)
1999–2001	Coventry City	62	(12)
2001–2004	Aston Villa	35	(2)
2004	Espanyol	16	(1)
2004–2005	Emirates Club	15	(5)
2005–2007	1. FC Saarbrücken	54	(10)
2007–2010	Fola Esch	44	(25)
Total		518	(155)
National team
1993–2002	Morocco[1]	63	(12)
Teams managed
2012–2013	Umm Salal (assistant)
2014–2022	Morocco (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Hadji was born in Ifrane Atlas-Saghir, Morocco. He emigrated with his family to France at the age of ten.^{[citation needed]}

Club career

Hadji began playing in France. He signed his first contract with AS Nancy, where he spent his first season as a youth player before joining the senior squad in his second year with the club.

After playing five seasons for Nancy, Hadji joined Sporting Lisbon and then Deportivo la Coruña, but it was with Coventry City where he became well known, especially in Britain, after he was signed by Gordon Strachan in 1999.

Hadji was a goal-scoring attacking midfielder with great pace and skill. At Coventry, he was joined by Moroccan international, Youssef Chippo, sparking a brief trend for City fans to wear fezzes to games in their honour.^{[citation needed]} After Coventry were relegated in 2001, he joined local rivals Aston Villa, having scored against them three times in the previous season. But after only playing sporadically, scoring in the league against Southampton[3] and Everton[4] and once in the UEFA Cup against Varteks,[5] he was released on a free transfer to Espanyol in Spain where he remained until June 2004.[6]

Hadji later played for Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates, where he remained for one year before returning to Europe. In 2005, he signed a two-year contract with Saarbrücken in the German Second Division.[7] At the request of the coach Horst Ehrmantraut, Hadji made a midfield pairing with another Moroccan international, Faysal El Idrissi. On 4 August 2005, Hadji made his début for Saarbrücken, on the first day of the 2. Bundesliga season, against Bochum, losing the match 4–0. After another defeat, Ehrmantraut was sacked. Rudi Bommer took over as coach and Saarbrücken lost 2–1 after extra time in the second round of the German Cup against Unterhaching. Hadji scored to give his team the lead, but was sent off in the 85th minute and was suspended for three cup matches by the German Football Association.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2007, Hadji signed for Fola Esch, in Luxembourg's First Division.[8] He ended his playing career in July 2010.

International career

At the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Hadji played in all three group games for Morocco, two as substitute. In Morocco's third game against the Netherlands, Hadji set up the equalizer for Hassan Nader with his first touch after coming on as substitute. Despite this, Morocco lost all three games and were eliminated. Hadji scored a great goal in Morocco's 2–2 draw with Norway in the 1998 FIFA World Cup but Morocco again failed to qualify for the knock-out stages. He was named African Footballer of the Year after the World Cup in France.

He played in 13 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[9]

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morocco goal.

List of international goals scored by Mustapha Hadji[10]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 November 1995	Rabat, Morocco	Mali	1–0	2–0	Friendlies
2	29 August 1996	Settat, Morocco	DR Congo	3–0	7-0	Friendlies
3	12 January 1997	Kumasi, Ghana	Ghana	1-2	2-2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	14 January 1998	Casablanca, Morocco	Angola	2-1	2-1	Friendlies
5	17 February 1998	Ouagadougou, Burkino Faso	Egypt	1–0	1-0	1998 African Cup of Nations
6	4 June 1998	Avignon, France	Chile	1-0	1-1	Friendlies
7	10 June 1998	Montpellier, FRance	Norway	1-0	2-2	1998 FIFA World Cup
8	24 January 1999	Kamsar, Guinea	Guinea	1–0	1-1	African Cup Qualification
9	28 February 1999	Lomé, Togo	DR Congo	1-2	2-2	African Cup Qualification
10	17 November 1999	Marrakech, Morocco	United States	2-1	2-1	Friendlies
11	18 January 2000	El Jadida, Morocco	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	1-0	Friendlies
12	30 June 2001	Rabat, Morocco	Egypt	1–0	1-0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Other projects

Hadji was selected as an ambassador for the 2010 World Cup by FIFA to represent Africa. He is also involved in a partnership with plans to invest in Morocco, thus providing opportunities for the local people, to help rid poverty from his homeland.

Hadji is also a supporter of the charity Show Racism The Red Card.

He would have been ambassador for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, representing his country if Morocco had been selected as the host.

Managerial career

Umm Salal

He was appointed as an assistant manager at Qatari club Umm Salal by the manager Bertrand Marchand in the 2012–13 Qatar Stars League. The whole staff was sacked after the team finished fifth and failed to qualify for the 2014 AFC Champions League.[11]

Morocco

He was appointed as an assistant manager for the Morocco national team by manager Badou Ezzaki before the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[12] Morocco withdrew as hosts following the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and were suspended from the tournament.

Personal life

His younger brother Youssouf Hadji was also a Moroccan international and last played for Nancy in France.

Hadji's son Samir Hadji plays for Fola Esch in the Luxembourg First Division. Another son, Zachary Hadji, plays for SV Röchling in Germany.

Honours

Sporting CP

• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1995

Aston Villa

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001.[13]

Individual

• African Footballer of the Year : 1998
• CAF Legends award: 2011
• IFFHS All-time Morocco Men's Dream Team[14]

References

External links

• Mustapha Hadji at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

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[de] Mustapha Hadji

Mustapha Hadji (arabisch مصطفى حاجي, DMG Muṣṭafā Ḥāǧǧī, Zentralatlas-Tamazight ⵎⵓⵚⵟⴰⴼⴰ ⵃⴰⴷⵊⵉ .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Muṣṭafa Ḥadji; * 16. November 1971 in Ifrane) ist ein ehemaliger marokkanischer Fußballspieler. Der WM-Teilnehmer von 1994 und 1998, der während seiner Laufbahn im französischen, portugiesischen, spanischen, englischen und deutschen Profifußball aktiv war, bekleidete meist die Position eines kreativen und offensiven Mittelfeldspielers. Dabei kam er entweder direkt hinter dem Sturmzentrum oder als Flügelspieler zum Einsatz.[1] Bekannt wurde Hadji, den der afrikanische Fußballverband CAF 1998 zu Afrikas Fußballer des Jahres kürte, einem größeren Publikum besonders durch sein Tor zum 1:0 für Marokko im ersten Gruppenspiel der WM 1998 gegen Norwegen (Endstand 2:2).

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- [en] Mustapha Hadji

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[es] Mustapha Hadji

Mustapha Hadji (Ifran, Marruecos, 10 de noviembre de 1971) es un exfutbolista marroquí que ha pertenecido a equipos de las principales ligas del mundo como la española, la inglesa o la alemana.

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[fr] Mustapha Hadji

Mustapha Hadji (arabe : مصطفى حاجي), né le 16 novembre 1971 à Ifrane Atlas Saghir, province de Guelmim, Maroc, est un footballeur marocain, il occupe actuellement les fonctions de conseiller à l'équipe nationale du Maroc.

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[it] Mustapha Hadji

Mustapha Hadji (in arabo: مصطفى حاجي; Tiznit, 16 novembre 1974) è un ex calciatore marocchino. Vincitore del Pallone d'oro africano nel 1998, ha un fratello minore, Youssouf Hadji, anch'egli calciatore professionista. Attuale commissario tecnico del Marocco

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[ru] Хаджи, Мустафа

Мустафа́ Хаджи́ (араб. مصطفى حاجي‎) (16 декабря 1971) — марокканский футболист, полузащитник сборной Марокко, африканский футболист года — 1998.

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