- Cherif El Ouazani
Infobox Football biography
playername = Tahar Cherif El Ouazzani
fullname = Tahar Cherif El Ouazzani
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|7|10
cityofbirth =Oran
countryofbirth =Algeria
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position = Midfielder
currentclub =
youthyears =
youthclubs =MC Oran
years = 1987-1990
1990-1992
1992-1993
1993-1995
1995-2002
clubs =MC Oran Aydınspor MC Oran Raja Casablanca MC Oran
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 1989-1995
nationalteam = Algeria
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 2003-2008
2008-
managerclubs =OM Arzew MC Oran Tahar Cherif El Ouazzani ( _ar. طاهر شريف الوازاني) (born
July 10 1967 ) is a formerAlgeria n football midfielder and current head coach ofMC Oran . He is the older brother ofMC Oran midfielderAbdennour Cherif El Ouazzani . [http://www.lebuteur.com/stories.php?story=08/04/02/1948709]Career
Cherif El Ouazanni started his career with hometown
MC Oran in 1987. In his first season, he would lead the club to its first league title in 17 years. The following season he would lead the team to the final of theAfrican Cup of Champions Clubs where they lost a controversial match-up on penalties toRaja Casablanca . He would play one more season for MCO during which he won the1990 African Cup of Nations before siging his first professional contract with Turkish clubAydinspor , joining fellowAlgeria nDjamel Amani at the club. He played two season inTurkey before returning again to Algeria. The following year he would leadMC Oran to the league title for a second time before leaving again, this time to Moroccan sideRaja Casablanca . After two trophy-less years inMorocco , he returned back for a third stint with MCO. He would lead the team to theAlgerian Cup in 1996 as well as back-to-backArab Cup Winners Cup s in 1997 and 1998. The following year they also won theArab Super Cup defeatingSyria n sideAl Jaish in the final. He played with MCO until his retirement in 2002.In 2003, he became coach of
OM Arzew and was in control of the team until February 2008 when he was announced as the coach ofMC Oran .Club career
* 1987-1990
MC Oran flagicon|Algeria
* 1990-1992Aydınspor flagicon|Turkey
* 1992-1993MC Oran flagicon|Algeria
* 1993-1995Raja Casablanca flagicon|Morocco
* 1995-2002MC Oran flagicon|AlgeriaHonours
* Won the
1990 African Cup of Nations
* Won the Algerian league twice withMC Oran in 1988 and 1993
* Won theAlgerian Cup three times withMC Oran in 1984, 1985 and 1996
* Won theArab Cup Winners Cup twice withMC Oran in 1997 and 1998
* Won theArab Super Cup once withMC Oran in 1999
* Finalist of theAfrican Cup of Champions Clubs once withMC Oran in 1989
* Runner-up for the 1990African Footballer of the Year award behindRoger Milla External links
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=22525 National Football Teams entry]
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