Said Fettah

Said Fettah

Fettah with Raja Casablanca in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Said Fettah
Date of birth	(1986-01-15) 15 January 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	Casablanca, Morocco
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Widad Ketama
Number	8
Youth career
1996–2004	Raja Casablanca
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2011	Raja Casablanca	134	(2)
2011–2014	Wydad Casablanca	113	(4)
2014–2015	Raja Casablanca	16	(0)
2015	→ Ittihad Kalba (loan)	13	(1)
2015–2016	FAR Rabat	18	(0)
2018	Widad Témara	20	(0)
2020–	Bab Berred
International career^‡
2004–2005	Morocco U20	5	(0)
2008–2009	Morocco U23	3	(0)
2011–2012	Morocco	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 April 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 17, 2008

Said Fettah (Arabic: سعيد فتاح; born 15 January 1986) or Fatah Said is a Moroccan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bab Berred.

Fettah played for Morocco at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.[1]

Club career

Born in Casablanca, Fettah joined Raja Casablanca at age 10 after being discovered by Fethi Jamal.[2] Fettah made his debut for the Raja first team in 2004. He made his breakthrough in 2006 under head coach Oscar Fulloné,[2] and grew into a starter for the side which won the Botola in 2009.[3] He decided to leave the club in December 2010 to join city rivals Wydad Casablanca, after spats with management.[2] There, he took part in two CAF Champions League campaigns and reached the final in 2011, which was lost to Espérance Tunis.[4][5] As of 2014, he was still with Wydad Casablanca.[6][7]

After a short return to Raja, a stint with FAR Rabat, a loan to Emirati club Ittihad Kalba,[8] as well as a short stay at Widad Témara in 2018, Fettah began playing for fifth-tier club Bab Berred in 2020.[9]

International career

Fettah was first called up for the Morocco national team in 2011 to play two qualifying matches for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.[2] He qualified with Morocco, but was eventually not called up for the main tournament.^[citation needed]

In January 2014, the Moroccan national football team coach Hassan Benabicha invited Said to be a part of the squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[6] He helped the team to top group B after they drew with Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe, and defeated Uganda.[10][11] The team was eliminated from the competition at the quarter-final stage after losing to Nigeria.[12][13]

Honours

Raja Casablanca[2]

• Arab Club Champions Cup: 2006
• Botola: 2008–09

Wydad Casablanca[5]

• CAF Champions League runner-up: 2011

References

1. Said Fettah – FIFA competition record (archived)
2. "FIFA Club World Cup 2011 - News - Fettah relishing Wydad challenge". FIFA. 3 November 2011. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021.
3. "Morocco - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
4. "Wydad into Champions League final". BBC Sport. 16 October 2011.
5. Kobo, Kingsley. "Esperance Tunis 1-0 Wydad Casablanca: The Blood and Gold humble the Red and White to clinch 2011 CAF Champions League title | Goal.com". GOAL. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
6. "Morocco name Chan squad". goal.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
7. "Squad List for MOR-T0014 Maroc Morocco" (PDF). cafonline.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
8. Darouiche, Mohamed (16 July 2015). "Transfert: Saïd Fettah chez les militaires". fr.le360.ma (in French).
9. "Said Fattah: du Raja et du Wydad à… la 5e division!". Le360 Sport (in French). 28 December 2020.
10. "Burkina Faso/Morocco: Chan 2014 - Morocco and Burkina Faso On the Scene, All the Day's Program". allafrica.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
11. "CHAN 2014: Final Result: Morocco 3 - 1 Uganda". cafonline.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
12. "CHAN 2014: Morocco, Zimbabwe Clinch Quarter-finals places with Last Group B wins". tripolipost.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
13. "CHAN 2014: Nigeria stun Morocco to make the semi-final". allsports.com.gh. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.