Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Si-Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Oran, Algeria | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| MC Oran | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983-1990 | MC Oran | ||
| 1990-1992 | Aydınspor | 37 | (2) |
| 1992-1993 | MC Oran | ||
| 1993-1995 | Raja Casablanca | ||
| 1995-2002 | MC Oran | ||
| National team | |||
| 1984-1996 | Algeria | 58 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003-2008 | OM Arzew | ||
| 2008-2011 | MC Oran | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Si-Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani (Arabic: سي الطاهر شريف الوزاني) (born 10 July 1967 in Oran) is a former Algerian football midfielder and current head coach of MC Oran. He is the older brother of MC Oran midfielder Abdennour Cherif El-Ouazzani.
Career
Chérif El-Ouazzani started his career with hometown MC Oran in 1983. In his first season, he would lead the club to its first league title in 17 years. The following season he would lead the team to the final of the African Cup of Champions Clubs where they lost a controversial match-up on penalties to Raja Casablanca. He would play one more season for MCO during which he won the 1990 African Cup of Nations before signing his first professional contract with Turkish club Aydinspor, joining fellow Algerian Djamel Amani at the club. He played two season in Turkey before returning again to Algeria. The following year he would lead MC Oran to the league title for a second time before leaving again, this time to Moroccan side Raja Casablanca. After two trophy-less years in Morocco, he returned for a third stint with MCO. He would lead the team to the Algerian Cup in 1996 as well as back-to-back Arab Cup Winners Cups in 1997 and 1998. The following year they also won the Arab Super Cup defeating Syrian side Al Jaish in the final. He played with MCO until his retirement in 2002.
In 2003, he became coach of OM Arzew and was in control of the team until February 2008 when he was announced as the coach of MC Oran.
Honours
Personnel
- Runner-up for the 1990 African Footballer of the Year award behind Roger Milla
- 2nd best player in the 1990 African Cup of Nations
Club
- Won the Algerian league twice with MC Oran in 1988 and 1993
- Won the Algerian Cup three times with MC Oran in 1984, 1985 and 1996
- Won the Algerian League Cup with MC Oran in 1996
- Won the Arab Cup Winners Cup twice with MC Oran in 1997 and 1998
- Won the Arab Super Cup once with MC Oran in 1999
- Finalist of the African Cup of Champions Clubs once with MC Oran in 1989
- Finalist of the Arab Champions League once with MC Oran in 2001
National
- Won the 1990 African Cup of Nations
- Won the 1991 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
External links
- Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani at National-Football-Teams.com
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