 Maâloul in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nabil Maâloul[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1962-12-25)25 December 1962 (age 62) | ||
| Place of birth | Tunis, Tunisia[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Qadsia (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1989 | Espérance de Tunis | ||
| 1989–1991 | Hannover 96[2] | 28 | (2) |
| 1991–1994 | Espérance de Tunis | ||
| 1994 | Al-Ahli Club | ||
| 1994–1995 | Club Bizertin | ||
| 1995–1996 | Club Africain | ||
| International career | |||
| 1982–1994 | Tunisia | 74 | (11) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Olympique du Kef | ||
| 2002–2004 | Tunisia (assistant) | ||
| 2003–2004 | Tunisia U23 | ||
| 2004–2005 | Club Africain | ||
| 2005–2006 | Club Bizertin | ||
| 2006–2008 | Tunisia (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2012 | Espérance de Tunis[3] | ||
| 2012–2013 | Espérance de Tunis | ||
| 2013 | Tunisia | ||
| 2014 | El Jaish | ||
| 2014–2015 | Kuwait | ||
| 2017–2018 | Tunisia | ||
| 2018–2019 | Al-Duhail | ||
| 2020–2021 | Syria | ||
| 2021–2022 | Kuwait SC | ||
| 2022–2023 | Espérance de Tunis | ||
| 2023–2024 | Kuwait SC | ||
| 2024–2025 | USM Alger | ||
| 2025– | Qadsia | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nabil Maâloul (Arabic:نَبِيْل مَعْلُول; born 25 December 1962) is a Tunisian professionalfootball manager and formerfootballer who played as amidfielder for theTunisia national team. He serves as the head coach forQadsia
Maâloul was capped 74 times for his country, and participated in1988 Summer Olympics inSeoul. He spent most of his playing career with his home club,Espérance de Tunis and won it a historic treble as a coach in 2011 (league, cup andCAF Champions League).
During his managerial career, he was in charge of three national teams:Tunisia,Kuwait, andSyria, but he also managed clubs inTunisia andQatar.
Maâloul began playing football at the age of 6 or 7, following the example of his father. He began his professional career at theEspérance de Tunis at the age of 18 and then dropped his studies.
He then wore the colors ofClub Bizertin during the return phase of the 1994–1995 season and then ofClub Africain between 1995 and 1996, marking the end of his career, due to a disagreement with the president of the clubSlim Chiboub, who does not want to sign a contract with him again after a short period inSaudi Arabia.
With theNational team he started in 1985, collecting 74 appearances in 10 years and scored 11 goals. He participated in the1988 Summer Olympics inSeoul. He was one of the youngest captains in the national team's history at 23 years old.
He finished his playing career and became coach ofOlympique du Kef in 1997. In 2002, he became assistant coach ofRoger Lemerre whenTunisia won2004 African Cup of Nations. He decided to leave his post as assistant for coachingClub Africain and in September 2006 he returned to the staff of the team. Meanwhile, he made a brief pass as coach ofClub Bizertin at the start of the 2005–2006 season with unconvincing results.
The real start was in December 2010, he took command ofEspérance de Tunis, following the dismissal ofMaher Kanzari, and won with it a historic treble in 2011 (League, Cup and CAF Champions League) before being replaced byMichel Decastel in January 2012; He replaced it a few months later. On 14 February 2013, he officially became the coach of theTunisia. On 23 March, he coached his first match with Sierra Leone and Tunisia wins by the score of (2–1). On 7 September, after a home defeat (0–2) withCape Verde that eliminates Tunisia from qualifying for the2014 World Cup, Maâloul announces his resignation. Cape Verde was later expunged from the qualification after the players' eligibility controversies.
On 29 November 2013, he agreed withRaja CA to become coach of the team in2013 FIFA Club World Cup, replacingMohamed Fakhir, before refusing.
On 20 January 2014, he became the coach of the Qatari teamEl Jaish SC, and won2014 Qatar Crown Prince Cup on 26 April 2014. He also took the team from 5th to 2nd place in half a season therefore qualifying for the AFC Champions League.
On 20 December 2014, he became the coach ofKuwait, and coached them in2015 AFC Asian Cup and thesecond round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification before thatFIFA suspendKuwait Football Association on 16 October 2015.
On 27 April 2017, Maâloul became the coach ofTunisia again and succeeded in bringing his team back to the2018 FIFA World Cup for the first time since2006 and becoming the second Tunisian coach to qualify for the World Cup afterAbdelmajid Chetali in1978. After the team's elimination from the group stage despite its honorable performance and winning Tunisia's second game ever in a World Cup against Panama, he resigned to coachAl-Duhail SC.[4] He parted ways after six months of coaching due to multiple disagreements with the club.[5]
On 11 March 2020, Maâloul was officially appointed as the new head coach ofSyria on a one-year contract, to become the first Tunisian to coach Syria.[6] Despite reaching thethird round of the World Cup qualification, Maâloul resigned on 16 June 2021 due to unpaid salaries, after losing 3–1 toChina.[7]
On 27 October 2021, Maâloul became the coach ofKuwait SC.[8] He has won the Emir Cup on 21 December 2021 and the Kuwait Premier League in April 2022.
On 9 June 2022, Maaloul returned to Espérance de Tunis nearly 10 years after his departure. He left the club on 13 May 2023.
On 7 December 2023 he returned toKuwait SC as headcoach.[9] In his second term he won the supercup and became league champions once again. The club terminated his contract on 9 July 2024.[10]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref | |||
 Club Bizertin | 1 July 2005 | 25 September 2005 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 000.00 | |
| Espérance de Tunis | 27 December 2010 | 31 December 2011 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 062.86 | [11] |
| Espérance de Tunis | 1 June 2012 | 26 January 2013 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 070.37 | [12] |
| Tunisia | 14 February 2013 | 8 September 2013 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 028.57 | [13] |
 El Jaish | 22 January 2014 | 7 December 2014 | 35 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 057.14 | [14] |
 Kuwait | 20 December 2014 | 20 March 2017 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 027.27 | [15] |
| Tunisia | 28 April 2017 | 12 July 2018 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 046.15 | [16][17] |
| Al-Duhail | 13 July 2018 | 5 January 2019 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 063.64 | [18] |
 Syria | 1 March 2020 | 16 June 2021 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 042.86 | [19] |
| Kuwait SC | 4 November 2021 | 31 May 2022 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 060.00 | [20] |
| Espérance de Tunis | 9 June 2022 | 13 May 2023 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 057.89 | [21] |
| Kuwait SC | 6 December 2023 | 8 July 2024 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 075.00 | [22] |
 USM Alger | 14 July 2024 | 10 February 2025 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 052.00 | [23] |
| Total | 265 | 152 | 61 | 52 | 057.36 | — | ||
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Club Africain
Espérance de Tunis
El Jaish
Kuwait SC
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