 Ammouta withAl Sadd SC in 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1969-10-24)24 October 1969 (age 56) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Khemisset, Morocco[citation needed] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | IZ Khemisset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1996 | Fath Union Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Al Riyadh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2001 | Al Sadd SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Sharjah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Qatar SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Morocco | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Zemmouris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | IZ Khemisset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Fath Union Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Al Sadd(Technical director) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Al Sadd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Wydad AC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Morocco A' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Wydad AC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | AS FAR(General supervisor) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Jordan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Al Jazira | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hussein Ammouta (Arabic:الحسين عموتة; born 24 October 1969), also written asHoucine Ammouta, is a Moroccan professionalfootball manager and former player, who last coachedAl Jazira.
As a formermidfielder, Ammouta spent his entire playing career in the Middle East and Africa, namelyIZ Khemisset,Fath Union Sport,Al-Riyadh,Al Sadd,Sharjah andQatar SC. As a Moroccan international, he was capped on 5 occasions, he also competed in the1992 Summer Olympics with his nation.[1]
As a manager, Ammouta began his career coaching a local team named Zemmouris. He went on to spend his next 15 years coaching different clubs, most notablyWydad AC, winning theCAF Champions League.[2]
In 2020, Ammouta was named as the new manager of theMorocco A' national football team. He led the team to victory in the2020 African Nations Championship.[3]
On 27 June 2023, Ammouta was appointed as theJordan national team coach. Under the leadership of Hussein Ammouta, the Jordanian national team reached the2023 AFC Asian Cup final for the first time in their history.[4][5]
His career began in his hometown club ofIttihad Khemisset in 1988.[6] He joined Al Sadd in 1997, helping them win theEmir Cup and theCrown Prince Cup in his second season atJassim Bin Hamad Stadium. He was the league top goalscorer that season.
He had spells inUnited Arab Emirates withAl Sharjah and in Saudi Arabia withAl Riyadh.[7]
He began his managerial career as a player-coach at Zemmouis SC in 2003.[7]
In 2007, he returned to his first club, Ittihad Khemisset, winning the league. He left in the 2007–08 season, and from 2008 to 2011, he took over the reins of a well-known club,FUS de Rabat. After he left, he joinedAl Sadd as the technical director, before being named as a replacement for head coachJorge Fossati in 2012.[8]
His skills would be tested for the2012 Sheikh Jassem Cup where they played most of their matches with their second team, and were in the final defeated byAl Rayyan SC, 1–0. Talk in the league, even among pundits, praised the team's form having consecutively won the set of nine matches that began the season, setting a league record.[9] Sadd were eventually held to a goalless draw byAl Kharaitiyat on 8 December 2012.[10] Al-Sadd won the league on 13 April 2013, one match before the end of the league. The victory followed a hiatus since the Al-Sadd league victory in 2007.
On 5 January 2017, Ammouta was announced as the newWydad AC head coach, after long negotiations, as the Moroccan coach signed a contract extending for one and a half seasons, replacing French coachSébastien Desabre.[11]
On 18 August 2022, Ammouta was announced as the newWydad AC head coach, replacingWalid Regragui who was transferred to coach the Moroccan national team.[12]
From May to June 2023, he led theAS FAR Club as general supervisor at the end of the remaining season, because the coach law adopted by theRoyal Moroccan Football Federation does not allow coaching two teams in the league during the same season, He led them to win theMoroccan League title.[13]
On 27 June 2023, Ammouta was appointed as theJordan national team coach.[14][15] In the2023 AFC Asian Cup, Jordan qualified to the knockout stages as one of the best teams placed third in the group stage.[16][17] He later led the Jordanians to defeatIraq 3–2 in the round of 16,[18] andTajikistan 1–0 in the quarter-finals.[19][20] In the semi-finals, Jordan achieved a significant victory by defeatingSouth Korea 2–0, which guaranteed their first appearance in the final of the Asian Cup.[21] However, in thefinal, Jordan was defeated by the hosting country, Qatar, with a score of 3–1.[22] In June 2024, he stepped down as the head coach of Jordan after successfully leading the team to the top of their group in the second round of the2026 FIFA World Cup qualification, securing their spot in the third round.[23]
On 8 July 2024, Ammouta was appointed as the new coach of Emirati clubAl Jazira by signing a contract until 2026.[24] He was dismissed by the club on 17 August 2025, following a 3–2 defeat againstKhor Fakkan.[25]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
 FUS de Rabat | 2008 | 2011 | 161 | 68 | 60 | 33 | 042.24 |
 Al-Sadd | 2012 | 2015 | 104 | 59 | 27 | 18 | 056.73 |
| Wydad AC | 2017 | 2018 | 45 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 053.33 |
| Morocco A | 2019 | 2022 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 080.00 |
| Wydad AC | 2022 | 2023 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 063.64 |
 Jordan | 2023 | 2024 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 045.00 |
 Al Jazira | 2024 | 2025 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 044.44 |
| Total | 387 | 191 | 110 | 86 | 049.35 | ||
Fath Union Sport
Al-Sadd
Qatar SC
Fath Union Sport
Al-Sadd
Wydad AC
AS FAR
Al Jazira
Morocco
Jordan
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