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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1983-10-07)7 October 1983 (age 41) | ||
| Place of birth | Salé,Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Chabab Tabriquet | ||
| 2001–2006 | Raja Casablanca | 23 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | →Qatar SC (loan) | ||
| 2006–2011 | Hibernian | 77 | (10) |
| 2008–2009 | →Al-Shaab (loan) | ||
| 2011–2013 | Middlesbrough | 41 | (7) |
| 2013–2014 | Raja Casablanca | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | Wydad Témara | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Morocco | 7 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:46, 28 August 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 November 2012 | |||
Merouane Zemmama,Arabic:مروان زمامة, (born 7 October 1983) is a Moroccan football manager and a retired Moroccan professionalfootballer who used to play as anattacking midfielder. Zemmamarepresented Morocco at the2004 Summer Olympics and was firstcapped at full international level in 2008.[1]
Born inSalé, Zemmama started his professional career when he joinedRaja Casablanca in 2001. He helped the club win theCAF Confederation Cup in 2003. And the MoroccanBotola in 2001 and 2004, and also 2Moroccan Cups in 2002 and 2005, andArab Champions League 2006[2]
Zemmama joinedHibernian under freedom of contract in August 2006. A diminutive playmaker, Zemmama made his debut for Hibernian on 12 August 2006 in a 0–0 draw atInverness. He was hailed bymanagerTony Mowbray as a newRussell Latapy[3] and his early performances excited the Hibernian fans.[4][5] Zemmama scored his first goal for Hibs in a 2–2 draw withEdinburgh derby rivalsHearts on 15 October 2006.[6]
Zemmama was part of the team that won the2007 Scottish League Cup Final and featured significantly in both the2006–07 and2007–08 seasons. During the later stages of the 2007–08 season, Zemmama broke a bone in his foot after turning awkwardly during training. This injury kept him out of the rest of the season and the start of thefollowing season.
In August 2006 it was reported thatRaja Casablanca were disputing the legality of Zemmama's transfer toHibernian.[7] Raja stated that the player had signed a contract with them until 2009, which would have precluded him from signing a contract with Hibernian.Rod Petrie refuted the claim that Zemmama had a contract with Raja.[8]
TheRoyal Moroccan Football Federation announced on 30 August that they had suspended the player pending an investigation into the transfer.FIFA stated that the player could continue to be selected for Hibs during the investigation.[9] FIFA then stated that the main allegation – that the international transfer certificate had been forged – was a criminal matter.[10] FIFA closed their investigation, pending the outcome of enquiries by the Moroccan police.[10]
During early September 2008, Zemmama was transferred toAl-Shaab on a season-long loan deal due to personal issues.[11] His pregnant wife, Zineb, was unable to enter theUK because she was only 17 years old.[11] Zemmama requested to Hibs that he be transferred to a club where he could live with his wife.[11] The intention of the loan deal was that Zemmama's wife would be 18 years old by the time it expired, making her able to enter the UK.[11] However, after Zemmama moved to Al-Shaab, theGovernment increased the age at which brides could enter the UK to 21, throwing Zemmama's return to Hibernian into doubt.[11][12] Zemmama returned toEdinburgh for the start of the2009–10 season, however, in the belief that his wife and young son would be allowed to live inEdinburgh.[13]
After returning from the loan to Al-Shaab, Zemmama again became a "key influence" in the Hibs team.[14] He suffered injury problems during the 2009–10 season, however, and was ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering cruciate ligament damage during a match againstFalkirk on 27 March.[14] That match had been his comeback from unrelated injuries that had prevented him from starting a game since 17 February.[14]ManagerJohn Hughes admitted in August that he did not expect Zemmama to return before Christmas, as he had not yet commencedjogging exercises as part of his rehabilitation.[15] Zemmama, whose contract with Hibs was due to expire at the end of the 2010–11 season,[16] returned to full training in December.[17]
Zemmama signed forMiddlesbrough on 31 January 2011.[18] He agreed a contract to the end of the 2013–14 season, having been transferred for a fee reported to be around £200,000.[18] He made his debut againstSwansea City.[citation needed] In his second appearance, againstMillwall, he set up goals forScott McDonald andLeroy Lita.[19] Zemmama scored his first[citation needed] goal for the club in a 2–1 win againstDerby County.[20] Zemmama scored in Middlesbrough's League Cup defeat to Crystal Palace. In April 2012, Zemmama scored the winning goal in a match againstSouthampton, which kept Middlesbrough's chance of promotion alive.[21] It was reported that Zemmama had refused to travel if he was amongst the substitutes in the final matchday againstWatford; Mowbray subsequently withdrew him from his travelling squad.[22]
Zemmama scored his third Boro goal, and his first goal of the 2012–13 campaign on 25 August 2012 againstCrystal Palace with a free-kick which flew past the Palace wall and then beat Julian Speroni. On 25 September 2012, Zemmama scored a 25-yard goal againstPreston North End in the League Cup, in which Middlesbrough progressed to the next round with a 3–1 victory. Middlesbrough and Zemmama parted company by mutual consent on 1 July 2013.[23] Zemmama made 48 appearances for Middlesbrough in total, scoring seven goals.[23]
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On 27 August 2013, Zemmama signed a two-year free-transfer contract for Raja Casablanca. Zemmama was very famous with his number 5 shirt when he was playing inMoroccan Championship, but this time he chose to get number 55 because his teammate Mouhssine Moutouali is now the one who wears his old number. However, Marouane's journey with his mother club ended up just after one season due to his injuries. Despite playing only a few minutes, Zemmama scored a stunning free-kick and a winning goal away in African champions league.
Zemmama represented his country at the2004 Summer Olympics in Greece, but only played in the second half of Morocco's last game, a 2–1 win againstIraq.[24] The Moroccan federation banned him from international football, however, after his transfer toHibernian was disputed.[2] The dispute was resolved and the ban was lifted in 2008, allowing Zemmmama to be selected for a2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier againstMauritania.[25] Zemmama won his first cap as a second-half substitute in that game, and he scored a goal a minute after coming onto the field.[26]
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Marouane first appearances with raja, started to play mostly as a right winger that moment raja fans has seen a copy ofAntonio Cassano, but just after the first season with club, the managerHenry Michel started to use him as a playmaker, and sometimes as false 10 duringOscar Fulloné era in 2006. The player's biggest influence wasZinedine Zidane the main reason he chose the number 5 jersey, the player today is considered as one of theRaja Casablanca all time legends, known to be a fantastic dribbler, good passing accuracy, and a free-kick specialist, also good vision as a playmaker.
Marouane has already earned hisUEFA B License and is working on his A License . Meanwhile, Zemmama debuted his training career in September 2021, with the casablanca local team Prestigia FC -11 -15 -17 where he also train his son .
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