Mourad Okbi

Mourad Okbi
Personal information
Full name Mourad Okbi
Date of birth (1965-09-01) 1 September 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Kairouan, Tunisia
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1989 JS Kairouan
1992–1994 Al-Ahli Club
International career
1987–1995 Tunisia 50 (3)
Managerial career
2000–2002 ES Hammam-Sousse
2002–2004 Najran SC
2004–2005 Al-Shoulla F.C.
2005–2006 Al-Watani
2007 Abha Club[1]
2007 JS Kairouan
2010 Najran SC
2010–2013 JS Kairouan
2013–2014 US Monastir
2014–2015 Stade Gabèsien
2015–2016 Al-Ittihad Kalba SC
2016–2017 Stade Gabèsien
2017–2019 Tunisia (assistant)
2018–2019 Stade Gabèsien
2019 JS Kairouan
2020 Al-Ansar
2021 Al-Nahda
2021 US Monastir
2023 Al-Sahel
2023 USM Khenchela
2023 Olympique Beja
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mourad Okbi (Arabic: مراد عقبي; born 1 September 1965) is a Tunisian retired footballer who played as a defender for the national team, and is currently a manager.

Club career

He played in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 with JS Kairouan and in Saudi Professional League with Al-Ahli Saudi FC.

International career

He started playing with the national team in 1987, collecting 50 appearances in eight years and scored 3 goals. He also participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and the 1994 African Cup of Nations.

Coaching career

He Started his career in 2000 with many Tunisian teams managing ES Hammam-Sousse, JS Kairouan, US Monastir and Stade Gabésien and Saudi teams with Najran SC, Al-Shoulla F.C., Al-Watani and Abha Club and also Emirati teams with Al-Ittihad Kalba SC. On 17 May 2017 he became the assistant of Nabil Maaloul in Tunisia and managed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. After the departure of Nabil Maaloul, Okbi was retained with the new head coach Faouzi Benzarti.

In July 2021, Okbi was appointed as manager of US Monastir he left the club on 4 October 2021 and was succeeded by Faouzi Benzarti.

On 17 March 2023, Okbi was appointed as manager of Al-Sahel.[2][3]

19 August 2023, Okbi was appointed as manager of USM Khenchela.[4] On 13 November 2023, Okbi left USM Khenchela.[5]

On 24 November 2023, Okbi was appointed as manager of Olympique Beja.

He quit only 2 months being head coach of de club.

Honours

Managerial honours :

US Monastir

(due to COVID-19 the supercup was played in 2021)

Olympique Béja

References

  1. ^ "العقبي يحل بدلاً لدانتي البرازيلي لتدريب أبها".
  2. ^ "مؤجلات Yelo تبتسم للمدرسة".
  3. ^ "إدارة نادي #الساحل تتعاقد مع المدرب التونسي/مراد عقبي".
  4. ^ "Football: L'USMK: Le Tunisien, Mourad Okbi, nouvel entraîneur". rivalite.dz. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. ^ "USM Khenchela : le contrat d'El-Okbi résilié". mediafootdz.dz. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.