Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani

Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani

Personal information
Full name	Si-Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani
Date of birth	July 10, 1967 (1967-07-10) (age 44)
Place of birth	Oran, Algeria
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	MC Oran
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1987-1990	MC Oran
1990-1992	Aydınspor
1992-1993	MC Oran
1993-1995	Raja Casablanca
1995-2002	MC Oran
National team
1984-1996	Algeria	58	(1)
Teams managed
2003-2008	OM Arzew
2008-2011	MC Oran
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Si-Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani (Arabic: سي الطاهر شريف الوزاني‎) (born July 10, 1967) in Oran is a former Algerian football midfielder and current head coach of MC Oran. He is the older brother of MC Oran midfielder Abdennour Cherif El Ouazzani.[1]

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 the African Cup of Champions Clubs where they lost a controversial match-up on penalties to Raja Casablanca. He would play one more season for MCO during which he won the 1990 African Cup of Nations before signing his first professional contract with Turkish club Aydinspor, joining fellow Algerian Djamel Amani at the club. He played two season in Turkey before returning again to Algeria. The following year he would lead MC Oran to the league title for a second time before leaving again, this time to Moroccan side Raja Casablanca. After two trophy-less years in Morocco, he returned for a third stint with MCO. He would lead the team to the Algerian Cup in 1996 as well as back-to-back Arab Cup Winners Cups in 1997 and 1998. The following year they also won the Arab Super Cup defeating Syrian side Al 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 of MC Oran.

Honours

Personnel

• Runner-up for the 1990 African Footballer of the Year award behind Roger Milla
• 2nd best player in the 1990 African Cup of Nations

Club

• Won the Algerian league twice with MC Oran in 1988 and 1993
• Won the Algerian Cup three times with MC Oran in 1984, 1985 and 1996
• Won the Algerian League Cup with MC Oran in 1995
• Won the Arab Cup Winners Cup twice with MC Oran in 1997 and 1998
• Won the Arab Super Cup once with MC Oran in 1999
• Finalist of the African Cup of Champions Clubs once with MC Oran in 1989
• Finalist of the Arab Champions League once with MC Oran in 2001

National

• Won the 1990 African Cup of Nations
• Won the 1991 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

External links

• National Football Teams entry

Persondata
Name	Cherif El Ouazzani, Tahar
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Date of birth	July 10, 1967
Place of birth	Oran, Algeria
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