Hassan Benabicha Explained

Hassan Benabicha
Fullname:Hassan Benabicha
Birth Date:15 April 1964
Birth Place:Khemisset, Morocco
Position:Attacking midfielder
Years1:1985–1997
Clubs1:Wydad Casablanca
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears1:1988–1991
Manageryears1:2008
Managerclubs1:Kawkab Marrakech (caretaker)
Manageryears2:2010–2011
Managerclubs2:Morocco U18
Manageryears3:2011–2013
Managerclubs3:Morocco U20
Manageryears4:2013–2014
Managerclubs4:Morocco
Manageryears5:2014–2015
Managerclubs5:Morocco U-23
Manageryears6:2016
Managerclubs6:Kawkab Marrakech
Manageryears7:2019
Managerclubs7:Rapide Oued Zem
Manageryears8:2020-2021
Managerclubs8:KAC Kénitra
Manageryears9:2022
Managerclubs9:Wydad Casablanca

Hassan Benabicha (Arabic: حسن بنعبيشة; born 15 April 1964) is a Moroccan football manager and former player.

Biography

Benabicha played several years for Wydad Casablanca and is counted among the club's most emblematic players. Once his playing career completed, Benabicha managed numerous Moroccan teams, including FAR Rabat, Kawkab Marrakesh and JS Massira.

In 2008, Benabicha was appointed as caretaker manager for Kawkab Marrakech.[1] In April 2010, he took charge of the Moroccan U18 national team.[2] In 2011, Benabicha became the head coach of Morocco's U20 team, which he temporarily left to manage Morocco's local players in the 2014 African Nations Championship taking place in South Africa. The team left the competition in the quarter-finals following a 4–3 defeat to Nigeria.

After head coach Rachid Taoussi's dismissal, Benabicha became Morocco's interim manager. He led the team in a friendly match against Gabon in Marrakesh, which ended in a 1–1 draw. Benabicha left the position in 2014. He was eventually replaced by 1986 African Footballer of the Year and former Morocco player Badou Ezzaki, who most notably led the national team to the final of the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Honours

As manager

Morocco U20

2013

2013

Notes and References

  1. http://aujourdhui.ma/sports/chabab-houara-elimine-le-wydad-55980 Chabab Houara élimine le Wydad
  2. https://www.maghress.com/fr/lopinion/17486 Pim Verbeek, Directeur des équipes nationales des jeunes