Habib Draoua Explained

Habib Draoua
Full Name:Hadj Habib Derbouz Draoua
Birth Date:1914
Birth Place:Oran, Algeria
Death Place:Oran, Algeria
Position:Midfield
Years1:1934–1937
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Years2:1937–1945
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Years3:1945–1946
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Years4:1946–1950
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Manageryears1:1945–1946
Managerclubs1:ES Tunis
Manageryears2:1946–1951
Managerclubs2:Stade Tunisien
Manageryears3:1951–1957
Managerclubs3:CS Hammam-Lif
Manageryears4:1957
Manageryears5:1957–1960
Managerclubs5:Tunisia
Manageryears6:1964–1965
Managerclubs6:MC Oran
Manageryears7:1970–1971
Managerclubs7:ASM Oran
Manageryears8:1982–1983
Managerclubs8:MC Oran

Hadj Habib Derbouz Draoua (Arabic: حاج حبيب دربوز دراوة ; 1914 –), commonly known as Habib Draoua and also called Hadj Draoua was a professional Algerian footballer who played as a midfielder. He was also a manager.[1]

Life and career

Habib Draoua was born in Mdina Jdida in the city of Oran in 1914. Very young, he joined USM Oran which was then the greatest Algerian Muslim club, where he did all his youth classes. He played his first senior match at the age of 20 in 1934. In 1937 he joined Le Havre AC, he remained in France until 1945 and the end of the Second World War. In 1945, he joined Tunisia as a coach-player at ES Tunis before being transferred to the CS Hammam Lif where he won two Tunisian Cups in 1951 and 1954. He stopped his football career in 1950, after winning two Tunisian championship titles in 1957 and in 1960 with the Stade Tunisien.

In 1957, he participated for the creation of the Algerian National Liberation Army football team (ALN Football Team) which resulted a year later in the creation of the FLN football team. He prepared tours, such as those of Syria, Iraq and Jordan.[2]

He was a national ma,ager of Tunisia national team from 1957 to 1960. He was thanked and honored in 1960 with a "Silver Medal" by the Tunisian Football Federation and the Ministry of Sports of Tunisia for the services rendered to Tunisian football.He returned to Algeria after independence in 1962, and coached the two greatest clubs of the city of Oran, MC Oran and ASM Oran during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Honours

Player

USM Oran

1935

Runners-up: 1935

Le Havre AC

1938

Coach

CS Hammam-Lif

1951, 1954, 1955, 1956

1951, 1954, 1955

Tunisia

Runners-up: 1957

Individual

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Notes and References

  1. News: Draoua nous a quittés . fr-FR . El Watan . R. S. . 2 November 2008 .
  2. News: Un seul but : l'indépendance de l'Algérie.. . fr-FR . El Watan . 13 April 2016 . 4 November 2022 . 21 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221021044913/https://www.elwatan.com/edition/sports/un-seul-but-lindependance-de-lalgerie-13-04-2016 . dead .