Hassan Benabicha’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Moroccan sports coach and association football player
Is Sports official
Athlete
Football player
Association football player
Association football manager
From Morocco
Type Sports
Gender male
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Hassan Benabicha (born 1964) is a Moroccan football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Morocco U-23 team.

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 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 3–4 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

  • Mediterranean Games (1): 2013
  • Islamic Solidarity Games (1):2013
  • Jeux de la Francophonie runner-up : 2013
  • Toulon Tournament runner-up : 2015
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