Maher Kanzari (born 17 March 1973) is a Tunisian football manager. He has previously played for Tunisia national football team as a midfielder.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | March 17, 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Tunis, Tunisia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Stade Tunisien (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1997 | Stade Tunisien | ||
| 1997–2000 | ES Tunis | ||
| 2000-2001 | Al-Ahli Jeddah | ||
| 2001–2002 | Al-Nasr Dubai | ||
| 2002–2003 | Dubai CSC | ||
| International career | |||
| 1998–2002 | Tunisia | 31 | (7) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Tunisia U-17 | ||
| 2007–2010 | ES Tunis (assistant) | ||
| 2010 | ES Tunis | ||
| 2011–2012 | CA Bizertin | ||
| 2012–2013 | Al-Sailiya | ||
| 2013 | ES Tunis | ||
| 2014 | CA Bizertin | ||
| 2014 | Al-Wakrah | ||
| 2014–2015 | Tunisia (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Tunisia U-23 | ||
| 2016 | Stade Tunisien | ||
| 2016–2017 | CA Bizertin | ||
| 2017 | Stade Gabèsien | ||
| 2018 | Ohod Club | ||
| 2018–2019 | Tunisia (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Tunisia U-20 | ||
| 2021-2023 | Tunisia U-23 | ||
| 2023-2024 | CA Bizertin | ||
| 2024- | Stade Tunisien | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 January 2017 | |||
Club career
editHe played in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 with Stade Tunisien and Espérance de Tunis. He played also in the Saudi Professional League with Al-Ahli Saudi FC and in UAE Pro-League with Al-Nasr Dubai SC and Dubai CSC.
International career
editWith the National team he started in 1998, collecting 31 appearances in four years and scored 7 goals, he participated also in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and 2000 African Cup of Nations and reached the semi-final.
Coaching career
editHe succeeded with Tunisia national under-17 football team to qualify for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup hosted by South Korea after reaching the semi-final of 2007 African U-17 Championship. He also achieved the round of the 16 after beating teams like Belgium and the United States making Espérance de Tunis appoint him as its assistant coach in 2007. Following the departure of Faouzi Benzarti in 2010, he became coach of Espérance de Tunis, before giving way a few weeks later to Nabil Maâloul.
On 2 January 2011, he was named coach of CA Bizertin and was second of the 2011–12 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. On 8 October 2012, he was appointed coach of Al-Sailiya Sports Club to replace the German Uli Stielike. He signed a contract to be the assistant of Georges Leekens in the Tunisian team in 2014.
He then went through a failed experiences with Stade Tunisien, CA Bizertin and Stade Gabèsien and approached them to get to the second division. He also trained the Saudi Ohod Club[3] before being fired for unconvincing results. In August 2018, he was appointed as assistant of Faouzi Benzarti with Tunisia national football team.[4]
Honours
editPlayer
editEspérance de Tunis
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 1998, 1999, 2000
- Tunisian Cup: 1999
- CAF Cup: 1997
- African Cup Winners' Cup: 1998
Manager
editTunisia U-20
References
edit- ^ Football: Maher Kanzari footballdatebase.eu
- ^ Maher Kanzari at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Football : Maher Kanzari rejoint Hichem Essifi au club Uhud FC". kapitalis.
- ^ "FTF : la composition du staff technique de la sélection, dévoilée". mosaique fm.
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