Abdullah Abu Zema

Abdullah Abu Zema (Arabic: عبد الله أبو زمع‎) is a Jordanian association football coach of Palestinian descent.

Abdullah Abu Zema
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-04-04) 4 April 1976
Place of birth Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Al-Wehdat (manager)
Youth career
Al-Wehdat
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2005 Al-Wehdat
2000 → Al-Wakrah (loan)
National team
1996–2004 Jordan 82 (12)
Teams managed
2013–2015 Al-Wehdat
2016 Jordan (caretaker)
2017–2018 Kuwait SC
2018–2019 Al Ansar
2019– Al-Wehdat
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Abu Zema officially announced his retirement in playing football at the age of 29 after sustaining an injury.[1] An international friendly match was played between his country Jordan and Armenia on 1 August 2005 in Amman, sponsored by Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein. After playing the first five minutes of the match, Abu Zema gave the captain armband to his teammate Haitham Al-Shboul as well as his #18 jersey shirt to his younger teammate Hassan Abdel-Fattah and left the field.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing football, Abu Zema became one of the assistant coaches of his national team (2006–09), under head coaches Mahmoud El-Gohary (2006–07) and Nelo Vingada (2007–09) until the Iraqi Adnan Hamad took over coaching the national team. When Dragan Talajić became head manager of Shabab Al-Ordon (2009–10), Abu Zema became his assistant coach ever since then. They both then moved to Abu Zema's home club Al-Wehdat (2010–11). When Ra'fat Ali, one of Abu Zema's companions, took proficiency in Kuwait, Abu Zema and Talajić joined him by coaching his team (2011–12).

Abu Zema had finally become a head coach himself when he began coaching Al-Wehdat in February 2013, succeeding the Egyptian Mohammad Omar who failed to help Al-Wehdat reach the semi-finals of the 2012–13 Jordan Cup losing to Al-Ramtha SC on penalties in the quarter-finals, and losing to the 2012–13 Jordan league winners Shabab Al-Ordon in the second half of the season.

Honours and participation in international tournaments

In AFC Asian Cups

In Pan Arab Games

In Arab Nations Cup

In WAFF Championships

Career statistics

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
118 July 1999Amman Syria4–0WinFriendly
218 August 1999Amman Palestine2–0Win1999 Pan Arab Games
318 August 1999Amman Palestine2–0Win1999 Pan Arab Games
431 August 1999Amman Iraq4–4Draw1999 Pan Arab Games
54 April 2000Doha Palestine5–1Win2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
64 April 2000Doha Palestine5–1Win2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
78 April 2000Doha Qatar2–2Draw2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
823 May 2000Amman Kyrgyzstan2–0Win2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship
99 February 2002Ta'Qali Malta2–1LossFriendly
1018 December 2002Kuwait City Morocco1–1Draw2002 Arab Nations Cup
1120 December 2002Kuwait City Sudan2–1Win2002 Arab Nations Cup
1226 August 2003Amman Iraq2–1WinFriendly

Managerial statistics
As of 16 January 2021
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref
Al-Wehdat 21 February 2013[2] 26 May 2015 79 50 18 11 142 48 +94 063.29
Jordan (caretaker) 12 January 2016[3] 15 December 2016[4] 10 2 5 3 8 9 −1 020.00 [5]
Kuwait SC 26 July 2017 2 March 2018 23 15 5 3 53 16 +37 065.22
Al Ansar 30 August 2018 25 May 2019 26 18 4 4 61 22 +39 069.23
Al-Wehdat 30 May 2019 Until now 29 22 3 4 52 12 +40 075.86
Total 167 107 35 25 316 107 +209 064.07 —

References
  1. "عبدالله أبو زمع يعلن اعتزاله كرة القدم". Alghad (in Arabic). 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  2. الوحدات الأردني يُطيح بمدربه المصري، ويعين عبد الله أبو زمع خلفًا له. Goal.com (in Arabic). 21 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. "Put quits as Jordan head coach". Jordan Olympic Committee. 13 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. Vinnell, Paul (17 March 2016). "Harry Redknapp confirmed as Jordan manager". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  5. "Jordan – FIFA matches". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 10 November 2016.


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