Mohammed Hazzaz Explained

Mohamed Hazzaz
Full Name:Mohamed Hamid Hazzaz
Birth Date:30 November 1945
Birth Place:Fez, Morocco
Death Place:Fez, Morocco
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1962–1984
Clubs1:MAS Fez
Caps1:281
Goals1:0
Nationalyears1:1969–1979
Nationalteam1:Morocco[1]
Nationalcaps1:73
Nationalgoals1:0

Mohamed Hamid Hazzaz (; 30 November 1945 – 13 January 2018),[2] also known as Hamid El-Hazzaz, was a Moroccan football goalkeeper. Hazzaz spent his entire career playing for Maghreb de Fès.

Club career

Hazzaz joined the MAS Fez first team in 1962. He won the Moroccan league with the team three times, in 1965, 1979, and 1983, and the Throne Cup once in 1980. He retired in 1984.

International career

Hazzaz first played for played for Morocco against Tunesia in 1968 as part of the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He was named to the squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup where he played Morocco's final group match against Bulgaria.[3] The match finished in a 1–1 draw, making Morocco the first African side to avoid defeat in the World Cup.

Hazzaz represented Morocco at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and the 1976 Africa Cup of Nations. A He also played in the 1976 Arab Games and the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations. In both the 1976 and 1978 Africa Cup of Nations, he was chosen as the goalkeeper for the Team of the Tournament. He retired from international football in 1979.

Notes and References

  1. http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/maro-hazzaz-intl.html Hamid Mohamed Hazzaz - International Appearances
  2. Web site: MAP . Mohamed Hamid Hazzaz, l'ancien gardien de l'équipe nationale de football, n'est plus . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113211549/http://www.leseco.ma/maroc/62834-mohamed-hamid-hazzaz-l-ancien-gardien-de-l-equipe-nationale-de-football-n-est-plus.html . 2018-01-13 . 2018-05-14 . www.leseco.ma.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20071015133057/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=32/teams/team=43872.html 1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico