Alami Ahannach

Alami Ahannach (born 20 September 1969) is a Moroccan football manager and former international player.

Alami Ahannach
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-09-20) 20 September 1969[1][2]
Place of birth Tétouan, Morocco
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Chabab (head coach)
Telstar (assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1996 Telstar 88 (3)
1996–1998 MVV Maastricht 44 (0)
1998–1999 Telstar 21 (1)
1999–2003 FC Emmen 63 (2)
2003–2004 WKE 0 (0)
National team
1996 Morocco[2] 1 (0)
Teams managed
2009–2010 PKC '83
2010 WKE
2011– FC Chabab
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:49, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Playing career

Ahannach spent his whole playing career in the Netherlands, playing over 200 professional games throughout his career. He also played a total 20 games in the Dutch top flight as a MVV Maastricht player in 1997–98 and the initial part of the 1998–99 season.[1] He retired in 2004, after four seasons with second-tier club FC Emmen and a lone season with amateurs WKE (still based in the city of Emmen).

International career

Ahannach also played once in 1996 as an international player, as part of the Moroccan national team.[2]

Coaching career

Ahannach started his post-playing career as a youth coach of FC Emmen. In 2009, he was appointed head coach of amateurs PKC '83, then filling the same position at WKE in 2010. He also briefly served as assistant of Al Jazira Club in 2006.

In the summer of 2011 he was appointed assistant coach of professional football club Telstar. Later in December he was named new head coach of Hoofdklasse amateurs FC Chabab, while retaining his Telstar job at the same time. He led Chabab to instant success, managing to bring the team into the promotion playoffs and then ensure it a place in the Topklasse league (the highest division in Dutch amateur football).

Personal life

His younger brother Soufyan Ahannach is now a professional footballer.[3] His cousin Anass Ahannach is a footballer as well.[4]

References
  1. "Ahannach" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  2. "Ahannach, Alami". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  3. "Soufyan Ahannach from Bos en Lommer to the Premier League" (in Dutch). Het Parool. 10 August 2017.
  4. "Juvenile player Anass Ahannach signs first professional contract" (in Dutch). Almere City FC. 8 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
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