Driss Bamous (15 December 1942 – 16 April 2015) was a Moroccan football midfielder. He was also a trained professional soldier at the military academy of Saint Cyr, France.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Driss Bamous | ||
Date of birth | (1942-12-15)15 December 1942 | ||
Place of birth | Berrechid, Morocco | ||
Date of death | 16 April 2015(2015-04-16) (aged 72) | ||
Place of death | Rabat, Morocco | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1963–1975 | FAR Rabat | ||
National team | |||
1963–1971 | Morocco[1] | 43 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bamous played club football for FAR Rabat in the Botola. Bamous played for the Morocco national football team at the 1964 Summer Olympics[2] and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals.[3] Following his playing career, Bamous became the president of the FRMF and organized the 1988 African Cup of Nations in Morocco.[4] In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[5] He was promoted to brigadier general of the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie in 2003.[4]
Bamous died from a long-term illness in Rabat aged 72.[6]
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