Adel Amrouche
Personal information
Full name Adel Amrouche
Date of birth (1968-03-07) 7 March 1968
Place of birth Kouba, Algiers, Algeria
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tanzania (manager)
Youth career
1983–1985 CR Belouizdad
1985–1988 JS Kabylie
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 OMR El Annasser
1990–1991 USM Alger
1991–1992 OMR El Annasser
1992–1993 Favoritner AC
1994–???? La Louviére
Mons
Managerial career
1995–1996 FC Brussels (Technical Director)
1996–2002 R.U. Saint-Gilloise (General Director)
2002–2004 DC Motema Pembe
2004 Equatorial Guinea
2005 FC Volyn Lutsk (Technical Director)
2005 FK Genclerbirliyi
2005–2006 DC Motema Pembe
2006–2007 R.U. Saint-Gilloise (Technical Director)
2007–2012 Burundi
2013–2014 Kenya
2016 USM Alger
2018 Libya
2018–2019 MC Alger
2019–2022 Botswana
2022 Yemen
2023- Tanzania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adel Amrouche (Arabic: عَادِل عَمرُوش; born 7 March 1968) is an Algerian football manager and former player who currently manages the Tanzanian national team. Having spent a large part of his career in Belgium, where he clinched his UEFA trainer-licence, Amrouche also holds a Belgian passeport.

Club career

Amrouche began his playing in the junior ranks of CA Kouba. He played for a number of Algerian clubs including CR Belouizdad, USM Alger, JS Kabylie, OMR El Annasser, Olympique de Médéa and AS Ain M'lila.[1] He then moved to Austria briefly to play for Favoritner AC.[2] After that, he played for a number of Belgian clubs like La Louviére and Mons, as well as amateur clubs KAV Dendermonde and SK Lombeek.

Managerial career

Amrouche began his managerial career in 1988 by coaching the youth ranks of local club OMR El Annasser while playing for the senior team.[3] He held the same role during his playing stints with USM Alger and RC Kouba.

In 2002, he was appointed as the manager of Congolese club Daring Club Motema Pembe.[4]

In 2007, Amrouche became the coach of the Burundi national football team. On 1 January 2011, Amrouche turned down an offer to take over the vacant managerial role of Algerian club ES Sétif, preferring to continue in his role with the Burundi national team.[5] On 29 February 2012, Amrouche resigned as the manager of Burundi, just a day after a 2–1 win against Zimbabwe in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[6]

In February 2013, Amrouche was named coach of the Kenya national football team taking over the position from James Nandwa who was there on temporary basis after the departure of Henri Michel. He stayed 18months with Kenya national team.

He managed USM Alger in 2016.[7]

He became manager of the Libyan national team in May 2018.[8] He resigned from the position in October 2018.[9]

He then managed MC Alger.[10]

In August 2019 he became manager of Botswana.[11]

In march 2023 he become the head coach of Taifa stars of Tanzania and lead them to the Africa Cup of nation's in Ivory Coast.

References

  1. ↑ Actu Presse Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Interview Exclusive : Adel Amrouche". Archived from the original on 25 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Adel Amrouche Football Coach - Experiences Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Adel Amrouche : J'ai beaucoup appris avec Smaïl Khabatou". Archived from the original on 19 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "L1 : Adel Amrouche n'entraînera pas l'ES Sétif". Archived from the original on 3 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Burundi coach resigns after beating Zimbabwe". BBC. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ligue 1 Mobilis: Adel Amrouche nouvel entraîneur de l'USM Alger". aps.dz. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (14 May 2018). "Adel Amrouche confirmed as Libya coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Libya coach Adel Amrouche quits days before Nigeria game". BBC Sport. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "MCA : Adel Amrouche nouvel entraineur".
  11. ↑ Dube, Mqondisi (27 August 2019). "New Botswana coach Adel Amrouche out to change attitudes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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