The Most Famous
COACHES from Morocco
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Moroccan Coaches of all time. This list of famous Moroccan Coaches is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Hussein Ammouta (b. 1969)
With an HPI of 55.14, Hussein Ammouta is the most famous Moroccan Coach. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Hussein Ammouta (Arabic: الحسين عموتة; born 24 October 1969), also written as Houcine Ammouta, is a Moroccan professional football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of Emirates club Al Jazira. As a former midfielder, Ammouta spent his entire playing career in the Middle East and Africa, namely IZ Khemisset, Fath Union Sport, Al-Riyadh, Al Sadd, Sharjah and Qatar SC. As a Moroccan international, he was capped on 5 occasions, he also competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics with his nation. As a manager, Ammouta began his career coaching a local team named Zemmouris. He went on to spend his next 15 years coaching different clubs, most notably Wydad AC, winning the CAF Champions League. In 2020, Ammouta was named as the new manager of the Morocco A' national football team. He led the team to victory in the 2020 African Nations Championship. On 27 June 2023, Ammouta was appointed as the Jordan national team coach. Under the leadership of Hussein Ammouta, the Jordanian national team reached the 2023 AFC Asian Cup final for the first time in their history.
2. Mahieddine Khalef (1944 - 2024)
With an HPI of 54.08, Mahieddine Khalef is the 2nd most famous Moroccan Coach. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Mahieddine Khalef (Arabic: محيي الدين خالف; 17 January 1944 – 10 December 2024) was an Algerian football player and manager. Most notably he was the co-manager of the Algeria national team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, together with Rachid Mekloufi, where Les Fennecs caused a sensation by defeating European reigning champions West Germany in their first World Cup appearance. Despite this achievement, Algeria went on to be eliminated at the end of the group stage, thanks to a convenient result for both West Germany and Austria in their fixture, in what is known as the Disgrace of Gijón. Austrian player Reinhold Hintermaier later admitted that that match was fixed. Khalef died in Algiers on 10 December 2024, at the age of 80.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Moroccan coaches born between 1944 and 1969. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Moroccan coaches include Hussein Ammouta. The most famous deceased Moroccan coaches include Mahieddine Khalef. As of April 2024, 2 new Moroccan coaches have been added to Pantheon including Hussein Ammouta, and Mahieddine Khalef.
