Aziz Ben Askar

Aziz Ben Askar
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-03-30) 30 March 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Château-Gontier, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Wydad AC
Youth career
Sablé[1]
Laval[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2003 Laval 140 (4)
2001–2002 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 18 (0)
2003–2006 Caen 76 (5)
2006–2007 → Al-Shamal (loan) 9 (0)
2007–2010 Umm-Salal 44 (1)
2010–2011 Al-Wakrah 6 (0)
Total 293 (10)
International career
2006–2007 Morocco 14 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Stade Mayennais (U17)
2015–2016 AS Bourny Laval
2018–2019 Ajaccio (U19)
2019–2021 Umm-Salal
2024- Wydad AC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aziz Ben Askar (born 30 March 1976) is a football manager and former player.

A defender, Ben Askar played for Laval and Stade Malherbe Caen in France, Queens Park Rangers F.C. in England, and for Al-Shamal Sports Club, Umm Salal Sport Club, and Al-Wakrah Sport Club in Qatar. Born in France, at international level he represented the Morocco national team.

Coaching career

After retiring, Ben Askar started working as a football agent.[2][3] However, he stopped as an agent because he missed being on the pitch and instead started working toward his coaching license.

Ben Askar started his coaching career with the U17 team of Stade Mayennais.[1] In mid-2015, Ben Askar also began working for UNFP FC (Union Nationale des Footballeurs)[4][5] as well as being appointed manager of AS Bourny Laval, which also was a part of the process to get his license.[6] In May 2016 he announced that he would not continue at Bourny because he wanted to try something new with more adrenaline.[7] Ben Askar also left UNFP in 2017.

In the summer 2018, Ben Askar had several offers but preferred to stay in France. He was then appointed manager of AC Ajaccio's U19 team.[4] In November 2019, he was appointed manager of his former club, Umm Salal SC, in Qatar.[8]

In April 2024 Ben Askar was appointed manager of Moroccan side Wydad AC.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Aziz Ben Askar, l'entraîneur des jeunes espoirs, ouest-france.fr, 25 February 2015
  2. ^ "Je suis fier d'eux, fier d'être l'entraîneur du Bourny", laval.maville.com, 3 December 2015
  3. ^ MARTIN MIMOUN : « POSTULER À UNE PLACE DE TITULAIRE », stade-lavallois.com, 16 January 2013
  4. ^ a b AZIZ BEN ASKAR : « IL Y A UN PROJET AMBITIEUX AU NIVEAU DE LA FORMATION », actufoot.com, 4 July 2018
  5. ^ COUP D'ENVOI DE L'UNFP FC 2015, unfp.org, 22 June 2015
  6. ^ Ben Askar : « Le terrain me manquait », ouest-france.fr, 2 June 2015
  7. ^ Pascal Pouthier, nouvel entraîneur de l’AS Laval Bourny, footamateur.fr, 14 May 2016
  8. ^ We'll work to improve Umm Salal's reputation: Ben Askar, qsl.qa, 6 November 2019.
  9. ^ @wacofficiel (5 April 2024). "Excited to announce Aziz Ben Asker as our new head coach! 🔴⚪ Welcome aboard, Coach 👐 #DimaWydad". Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via Instagram.


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