Driss Bamous Explained

Driss Bamous
Fullname:Driss Bamous
Birth Date:15 December 1942
Birth Place:Berrechid, Morocco
Death Place:Rabat, Morocco
Height:1.71 m
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1963–1975
Clubs1:FAR Rabat
Nationalyears1:1963–1971
Nationalteam1:Morocco[1]
Nationalcaps1:43
Nationalgoals1:9

Driss Bamous (15 December 1942 – 16 April 2015) was a Moroccan football midfielder. He was also a trained professional soldier at the military academy of Saint Cyr, France.

Career

Bamous played club football for FAR Rabat in the Botola. Bamous played for the Morocco national football team at the 1964 Summer Olympics[2] and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals. Following his playing career, Bamous became the president of the FRMF and organized the 1988 African Cup of Nations in Morocco.[3] In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[4] He was promoted to brigadier general of the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie in 2003.

Death

Bamous died in Rabat from a long-term illness.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/maro-recintlp.html Morocco – Record International Players
  2. Web site: Sports Reference. Driss Bamoos Biography and Statistics. 2009-08-29. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100605043516/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/driss-bamoos-1.html. 5 June 2010.
  3. Web site: La Gazette Du Maroc. Kanabi et Bamous prennent des galons. French. April 2003. 2009-08-29. dead. https://archive.today/20130128014410/http://www.lagazettedumaroc.com/articles.php?id_artl=2957&n=327&r=2&sr=69. 28 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Le Matin . Meilleur joueur des 50 dernières années 14 Marocains en lice . French . 13 October 2006 . 2009-08-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055322/http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Journal/Article.asp?origine=jrn&idr=114&id=70173 . 16 July 2011 .
  5. Web site: Le Matin. Décès à Rabat de l'ancien président Driss Bamous. French. 17 April 2015.