Jamil Benouahi

Jamil Benouahi (Arabic: جميل بن واحي; born 30 March 1979 in Fez) is a Moroccan football manager and former player.

Jamil Benouahi
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-03-30) 30 March 1979
Place of birth Fez, Morocco
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Racing Jet Wavre
2003–2004 Royal Géants athois
2004–2005 Boussu Dour
2005–2006 AFC Tubize
2006–2007 Louviéroise
2007–2008 Boussu Dour
2008–2009 Mechelen
2009–2010 KFCO Wilrijk
2010–2011 URS Centre
2011 HeppigLambFleur
2011–2012 Louviéroise
2012–2014 Wallonia Walhain
2014–2015 Racing Jet Wavre
Managerial career
2022 USM Alger (Caretaker)
2022 USM Alger
2023 Jeddah
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benouahi have spent most of his playing career in Belgium, obtaining Belgian nationality after arriving in the country in 1997. From the start of his career, the young defensive midfielder turned to the other side of the mirror training young people, the bench. 25 years later he saw his first real experience as a head coach in a big club at USM Alger.[1][2]

Managerial career

On 9 February 2022, USM Alger contracted with Zlatko Krmpotić to be the new coach and to be his assistant Jamil Benouahi.[3] and with the successive negative results Achour Djelloul, the club’s president, decided to dismiss Krmpotić from his position. and decided to rely on his assistant Benouahi to complete the season.[4] His start was good as Benouahi led the club to its first victory after two months, after which in the Algiers Derby, Benouahi achieved an important and unexpected victory that allows the club to search for a continental participation, and after the fifth win in a row Benouahi stated that he wishes to stay in the club, but the decision is up to them and that he has become a fan of this team. At the end of the season Benouahi declared that they had a difficult week after the death of Billel Benhammouda.[5] and we achieved the goal of qualifying for the Confederation Cup next season, and that he would return to his family and see his children and wait for the administration's decision about his future. On 6 July 2022, it is official Benouahi extended his contract for another year to remain the head coach for the new season.[6] On 4 August 2022, the leaders of USM Alger have put an end to the functions of the technical staff of Benouahi, were dismissed from their posts after a hearing before the disciplinary board.[7]

On 18 February 2023, Benouahi was appointed as manager of Saudi Arabian club Jeddah.[8]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 17 June 2022
Key
* Caretaker
Team Nat From To Record
PWDLWin %
USM Alger * Algeria 18 April 2022[4] 17 June 2022 8 6 0 2 075.00
USM Alger Algeria 6 July 2022[6] 3 August 2022[9] 0 0 0 0 !—
Jeddah Saudi Arabia 18 February 2023[10] 27 April 2023 0 0 0 0 !—
Career Total 8 6 0 2 075.00

References
  1. "Un Belge coach de l'un des plus grands clubs d'Algérie : "Je savoure l'instant présent"". walfoot.be. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. "Jamil Benouahi, l'entraîneur Marocain à l'origine du succès de l'USM Alger". snrtnews.com. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  3. "USM Alger : Zlatko Krmpotić désigné nouvel entraîneur". dzfoot.com. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  4. "USMA : Krmpotic limogé !". competition.dz. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  5. "Drame : Décès de Billel Benhamouda dans un accident de la route". footalgerien.com. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  6. "USMA : Benouahi prolonge pour une autre saison". competition.dz. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  7. "USM Alger : Le staff technique remercié". dzfoot.com. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  8. "نادي #جدة يتعاقد مع المدرب البلجيكي جميل بنواحي للإشراف على الفريق الأول".
  9. "USM Alger : Le staff technique remercié". dzfoot.com. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  10. نادي جدة الرياضي [@Jeddahsportclub] (18 February 2023). "رسمياً 🔵🔴: نادي #جدة يتعاقد مع المدرب البلجيكي جميل بنواحي للإشراف على الفريق الأول ✍🏾" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 April 2023 – via Twitter.
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