Nabil Maâloul

Nabil Maâloul
Personal information
Full name Nabil Maâloul
Date of birth (1962-07-25) 25 July 1962
Place of birth Tunis, Tunisia
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Tunisia (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1989 ES Tunis
1989–1991 Hannover 96[1] 28 (2)
1991–1994 ES Tunis
1994 Al-Ahli Club
1994–1995 CA Bizertin
1995–1996 Club Africain
National team
1985-1995 Tunisia 74 (11)
Teams managed
1997-1998 Olympique du Kef
2002-2004 Tunisia (Assistant)
2003-2004 Tunisia (Olympic)
2004-2005 Club Africain
2005-2006 CA Bizertin
2006-2008 Tunisia (Assistant)
2010–2012 ES Tunis[2]
2012–2013 ES Tunis
2013 Tunisia
2014 El Jaish
2014–2017 Kuwait
2017–present Tunisia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Nabil Maâloul (Arabic: نبيل معلول‎‎; born 25 July 1962), is a Tunisian football coach and former footballer who was capped 74 times for his native country and participated in 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul .Most of his career he played for his home club, ES Tunis and won with it a historic treble as a coach in 2011 (League, Cup and CAF Champions League) and he is currently the coach of Tunisia. During his managerial career, he was in charge of two national teams: the Tunisian and Kuwaiti national football teams. He also managed clubs in Tunisia and Qatar

Club Career

Maâloul began playing football at the age of 6 or 7, following the example of his father. He began his professional career at the ES Tunis at the age of 18 and then dropped his studies.

He then wore the colors of CA Bizertin during the return phase of the 1994-1995 season and then of Club Africain between 1995 and 1996, marking the end of his career, due to a disagreement with the president of the club Slim Chiboub, who does not want to sign a contract with him again after a short period in Saudi Arabia.

International Career

With the National team he started in 1985, collecting 74 appearances in 10 years and scored 11 goals. He participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Coaching Career

He finished his playing career and became coach of Olympique du Kef in 1997. In 2002 he became assistant coach of Roger Lemerre when Tunisia won 2004 African Cup of Nations. He decided to leave his post as assistant for coaching Club Africain and in September 2006 he returned to the staff of the team. Meanwhile, he made a brief pass as coach of CA Bizertin at the start of the 2005-2006 season with unconvincing results.

In December 2010, he took command of ES Tunis, following the dismissal of Maher Kanzari, and won with it a historic treble in 2011 (League, Cup and CAF Champions League) before being replaced by Michel Decastel in January 2012; He replaced it a few months later. On 14 February 2013, he officially became the coach of the Tunisia. On 23 March, he coached his first match with Sierra Leone and Tunisia wins by the score of (2-1). On September 7, after a home defeat (0-2) with Cape Verde that eliminates Tunisia from qualifying for the 2014 World Cup, Maâloul announces his resignation.

On November 29, 2013, he agreed with Raja de Casablanca to become coach of the first team in 2013 FIFA Club World Cup, replacing Mohamed Fakhir, before refusing.

In December 2014 , he became the coach of Kuwait, and coached them in 2015 AFC Asian Cup and the Second Round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification before that FIFA suspend Kuwait Football Association on 16 October 2015.

On April 27, 2017, Maâloul became the coach of Tunisia again, with the mission to qualify the Eagles of Carthage for the 2018 World Cup and reach the Semi-Final of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

Honours

As Player

ES Tunis
Club Africain

As Manager

ES Tunis
El Jaish

References

  1. ↑ "Maaloul, Nabil" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "ES Tunis: Nabil Maâloul nouvel entraîneur" (in French). emarrakech.info. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
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