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Maher Kanzari (born 17 March 1973) is a Tunisian football manager. He has played for Tunisia national football team.[1][2]

Maher Kanzari

Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-03-17) March 17, 1973 (age 49)
Place of birth	Tunis, Tunisia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1997	Stade Tunisien
1997–2001	ES Tunis
2001	Al-Ahli Jeddah
2001–2002	Al-Nasr Dubai
2002–2003	Dubai CSC
National team
1998–2002	Tunisia	31	(7)
Teams managed
2006–2007	Tunisia U-17
2007–2010	ES Tunis (assistant)
2010	ES Tunis
2011–2012	CA Bizertin
2012–2013	Al-Sailiya
2013	ES Tunis
2013–2014	CA Bizertin
2014	Al-Wakrah
2014–2015	Tunisia (assistant)
2016	Stade Tunisien
2016–2017	CA Bizertin
2017–2018	Stade Gabèsien
2018	Ohod Club
2018–2019	Tunisia (assistant)
2019–2021	Tunisia U-20
2021-	Tunisia U-23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 January 2017

Club career

He played in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 with Stade Tunisien and Espérance de Tunis. He played also in the Saudi Professional League with Al-Ahli Saudi FC and in UAE Pro-League with Al-Nasr Dubai SC and Dubai CSC.

International career

With the National team he started in 1998, collecting 31 appearances in four years and scored 7 goals, he participated also in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and 2000 African Cup of Nations and reached the semi-final.

Coaching career

He succeeded with Tunisia national under-17 football team to qualify for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup hosted by South Korea after reaching the semi-final of 2007 African U-17 Championship. He also achieved the round of the 16 after beating teams like Belgium and the United States making Espérance de Tunis appoint him as its assistant coach in 2007. Following the departure of Faouzi Benzarti in 2010, he became coach of Espérance de Tunis, before giving way a few weeks later to Nabil Maâloul.

On 2 January 2011, he was named coach of CA Bizertin and was second of the 2011–12 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. On 8 October 2012, he was appointed coach of Al-Sailiya Sports Club to replace the German Uli Stielike. He signed a contract to be the assistant of Georges Leekens in the Tunisian team in 2014.

He then went through a failed experiences with Stade Tunisien, CA Bizertin and Stade Gabèsien and approached them to get to the second division. He also trained the Saudi Ohod Club before being fired for unconvincing results. In August 2018, he was appointed as assistant of Faouzi Benzarti with Tunisia national football team

Honours

Player

Espérance de Tunis

• Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 1998, 1999, 2000
• Tunisian Cup: 1999
• CAF Cup: 1997
• African Cup Winners' Cup: 1998

Manager

Tunisia U-20

• Africa U-20 Cup of Nations: Fourth place

References

На других языках

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- [en] Maher Kanzari

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[fr] Maher Kanzari

Maher Kanzari (arabe : ماهر الكنزاري), né le 17 mars 1973 à Tunis, est un joueur et entraîneur de football international tunisien.

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[it] Maher Kanzari

Maher Kanzari (Tunisi, 17 marzo 1973) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore tunisino, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Канзари, Махер

Махер Канзари (араб. ماهر الكنزاري‎; фр. Maher Kanzari; 17 марта 1973, Тунис, Тунис) — тунисский футболист, полузащитник, тренер, ассистент главного тренера сборной Туниса по футболу.

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