Aziz Ben Askar (born 30 March 1976) is a football manager and former player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 March 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Château-Gontier, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wydad AC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sablé[1] | |||
| Laval[1] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2003 | Laval | 140 | (4) |
| 2001–2002 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Caen | 76 | (5) |
| 2006–2007 | → Al-Shamal (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Umm-Salal | 44 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Al-Wakrah | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 293 | (10) | |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Morocco | 14 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Stade Mayennais (U17) | ||
| 2015–2016 | AS Bourny Laval | ||
| 2018–2019 | Ajaccio (U19) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Umm-Salal | ||
| 2024- | Wydad AC | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A defender, Ben Askar played for Laval and Stade Malherbe Caen in France, Queens Park Rangers F.C. in England, and for Al-Shamal Sports Club, Umm Salal Sport Club, and Al-Wakrah Sport Club in Qatar. Born in France, at international level he represented the Morocco national team.
Coaching career
editAfter retiring, Ben Askar started working as a football agent.[2][3] However, he stopped as an agent because he missed being on the pitch and instead started working toward his coaching license.
Ben Askar started his coaching career with the U17 team of Stade Mayennais.[1] In mid-2015, Ben Askar also began working for UNFP FC (Union Nationale des Footballeurs)[4][5] as well as being appointed manager of AS Bourny Laval, which also was a part of the process to get his license.[6] In May 2016 he announced that he would not continue at Bourny because he wanted to try something new with more adrenaline.[7] Ben Askar also left UNFP in 2017.
In the summer 2018, Ben Askar had several offers but preferred to stay in France. He was then appointed manager of AC Ajaccio's U19 team.[4] In November 2019, he was appointed manager of his former club, Umm Salal SC, in Qatar.[8]
In April 2024 Ben Askar was appointed manager of Moroccan side Wydad AC.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c Aziz Ben Askar, l'entraîneur des jeunes espoirs, ouest-france.fr, 25 February 2015
- ^ "Je suis fier d'eux, fier d'être l'entraîneur du Bourny", laval.maville.com, 3 December 2015
- ^ MARTIN MIMOUN : « POSTULER À UNE PLACE DE TITULAIRE », stade-lavallois.com, 16 January 2013
- ^ a b AZIZ BEN ASKAR : « IL Y A UN PROJET AMBITIEUX AU NIVEAU DE LA FORMATION », actufoot.com, 4 July 2018
- ^ COUP D'ENVOI DE L'UNFP FC 2015, unfp.org, 22 June 2015
- ^ Ben Askar : « Le terrain me manquait », ouest-france.fr, 2 June 2015
- ^ Pascal Pouthier, nouvel entraîneur de l’AS Laval Bourny, footamateur.fr, 14 May 2016
- ^ We'll work to improve Umm Salal's reputation: Ben Askar, qsl.qa, 6 November 2019.
- ^ @wacofficiel (5 April 2024). "Excited to announce Aziz Ben Asker as our new head coach! 🔴⚪ Welcome aboard, Coach 👐 #DimaWydad". Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via Instagram.
External links
edit- Aziz Ben Askar at WorldFootball.net
- Player profile - L'Equipe.fr at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 December 2006)
- Aziz Ben Askar at National-Football-Teams.com
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