Alami Ahannach Explained

Alami Ahannach
Birth Date:1969 9, df=yes[1]
Birth Place:Tétouan, Morocco
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1992–1996
Caps1:88
Goals1:3
Clubs1:Telstar
Years2:1996–1998
Caps2:44
Goals2:0
Clubs2:MVV Maastricht
Years3:1998–1999
Caps3:21
Goals3:1
Clubs3:Telstar
Years4:1999–2003
Caps4:63
Goals4:2
Clubs4:FC Emmen
Years5:2003–2004
Caps5:0
Goals5:0
Clubs5:WKE
Nationalyears1:1996
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalteam1:Morocco
Manageryears1:2009–2010
Managerclubs1:PKC '83
Manageryears2:2010
Managerclubs2:WKE
Manageryears3:2011–2015
Managerclubs3:FC Chabab
Pcupdate:00:49, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

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

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. 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.

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.[2] His cousin Anass Ahannach is a footballer as well.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dutch . 27 August 2012 . Voetbal International . Ahannach .
  2. Web site: Het Parool. Soufyan Ahannach from Bos en Lommer to the Premier League. 10 August 2017. Dutch.
  3. Web site: Almere City FC. Juvenile player Anass Ahannach signs first professional contract. 8 June 2017. Dutch. 22 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170923002230/http://www.almerecity.nl/ac-1/jeugdspeler-anass-ahannach-tekent-eerste-profcontract. 23 September 2017. dead.