Driss Bamous

Driss Bamous
Personal information
Full name Driss Bamous
Date of birth 15 December 1942 (1942-12-15) (age 69)
Place of birth Berrechid, Morocco
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1960–? FAR Rabat
National team
– Morocco 35
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Driss Bamous (born 15 December 1942) is a retired Moroccan football midfielder.

Career

Bamous played club football for FAR Rabat in the Botola. Bamous played for the Morocco national football team at the 1964 Summer Olympics[1] and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals.[2] 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 Armed Forces in 2003.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Driss Bamoos Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/driss-bamoos-1.html. Retrieved 2009-08-29. 
  2. ^ Driss Bamous – FIFA competition record
  3. ^ a b "Kanabi et Bamous prennent des galons" (in French). La Gazette Du Maroc. April 2003. http://www.lagazettedumaroc.com/articles.php?id_artl=2957&n=327&r=2&sr=69. Retrieved 2009-08-29. 
  4. ^ "Meilleur joueur des 50 dernières années 14 Marocains en lice" (in French). Le Matin. 2006-10-13. http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Journal/Article.asp?origine=jrn&idr=114&id=70173. Retrieved 2009-08-29. 
Morocco squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup