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1996 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament
The 1996 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament was the first edition of this international football competition. It took place on 11 and 12 December 1996 in Morocco. The host nation Morocco, Croatia, Nigeria and Czech Republic participated in the tournament, and all matches took place at the Stade Mohamed V, home of the Moroccan clubs Raja Casablanca and Wydad Casablanca. The tournament was played in a knock out cup format, with only four games played (two semifinals, a final and a third place match). The inaugural tournament was won by Croatia after prevailing over the Czech Republic in the penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw. Participating teams * (host) * * * Results Semifinals ---- ---- Third place match ---- Final ---- Statistics Goalscorers References External links 1996 King Hassan II Tournamentat rsssf {{DEFAULTSORT:King Hassan 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salaheddine Bassir
Salaheddine Bassir ( ar, صلاح الدين بصير; born 5 September 1972) is a Moroccan former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. He played for a few clubs, including Raja Casablanca, Al-Hilal FC, Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) and Deportivo La Coruña in Spain with whom he won la liga and copa del rey. He then played for OSC Lille (France) and Aris Thessaloniki F.C., Aris Thessaloniki (Greece). He retired at the end of 2005 season. Whilst at Lille Bassir scored a goal against Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos in the UEFA Champions League and once against Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Europa League. He played for the Morocco national football team, Morocco national team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he scored two goals in the 3–0 win against Scotland national football team, Scotland. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvonimir Soldo
Zvonimir Soldo (born 2 November 1967) is a Croatian football manager and a former player. During his playing career, he mostly played as defensive midfielder. Club career Early career After studying law for six semesters at the University of Zagreb, Soldo's parents convinced him to pursue a career as professional football player. Soldo's professional career began with NK Dinamo Zagreb which he left for NK Zadar after two years. 1991 through 1994, he played for NK Inter Zaprešić before returning to his former club, now named NK Croatia Zagreb. Runner-up in both Croatian league and cup in his first season back at Zagreb, the next campaign saw Soldo's side complete a domestic double in 1995/96. After achieving all he could in domestic football, Soldo headed for German side VfB Stuttgart. VfB Stuttgart Soldo made his Bundesliga debut on 17 August 1996 against FC Schalke 04. This was the beginning of his time in Stuttgart which would last for ten years and during which he would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoran Mamić
Zoran Mamić (; born 30 September 1971) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player, and convicted fraudster. He was most recently the manager of Croatian First Football League club Dinamo Zagreb. He is a wanted criminal in Croatia, and is on the Interpol wanted fugitives list. Mamic was previously manager of Dinamo Zagreb, Al-Nassr, Al Ain and Al-Hilal. In his first season with the UAE club, he won the first double in the club's 50th year history; UAE Pro-League and UAE President's Cup. He also worked as the director of football at Dinamo Zagreb. Club career Mamić played for Dinamo Zagreb between 1989 and 1996, after which he went on to spend nine years playing for various clubs in Germany. Between 1996 and 1998, he made 45 Bundesliga appearances and scored four league goals for Bochum. In 1998 he moved for two seasons to Bayer Leverkusen, but only made 15 Bundesliga appearances for the club without scoring a goal. He then returned to Bochum for the 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Pamić
Igor Pamić (born 19 November 1969) is a Croatian former professional footballer and current manager. He made five appearances for the Croatia national team during his playing career. Playing career Club He was born in the village of Žminj in Istria and started his professional career at the club Istra Pula in early 1992. He left the club after two seasons for Dinamo Zagreb, where he spent another two seasons before moving to Osijek in July 1995. After one season with Osijek, he moved abroad by signing with French club Sochaux in July 1996. He scored a total of 57 goals in five seasons of playing in the Croatian First League. At club level, he left Sochaux in June 1997 after one season of playing for the club and went on to sign with German Bundesliga side Hansa Rostock. In a season and half of playing for Hansa, Pamić appeared in a total of 37 Bundesliga matches and managed to score 13 goals for the club in the league. With the beginning of the year 1999, he transferre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Špehar
Robert Špehar (born 13 May 1970) is a Croatian football coach and a former international footballer who played as a striker. During his 18 years long senior career he played for Croatian Prva HNL teams NK Zagreb and NK Osijek in three occasions. In Belgium he played for Club Brugge with whom he won Belgian First Division and Belgian Cup. He also played for AS Monaco reaching the UEFA Champions League semi-finals, Verona, Sporting, Galatasaray, Standard Liège, before ending his career at Omonia with Cypriot Cup title. At international level he represented Croatia gaining eight caps over a five-year period, between 1992–1996 and was a member of their 1996 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament winning squad. He is the father of a footballer Dino Špehar who just like him started his professional career at NK Osijek, at the same time that Robert was in office as club's president. Robert's father and Dino's grandfather was a well-known football goalkeeper of NK Osijek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelkader El Brazi
Abdelkader El Brazi ( ar, عبد القادر البرازي; 5 November 1964 – 24 January 2014) was a Moroccan football goalkeeper. He started his career as a goalkeeper with his hometown's team Renaissance de Berkane, and played also for FAR Rabat and Ismaily SC Ismaily Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الإسماعيلي الرياضي) is an Egyptian professional football club, established on 20 March 1921 as El Nahda Sporting Club ( ar, جمعية نهضة الشباب المصري ) ( Egyptian pronunci .... He played for the Morocco national football team (36 matches) and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He died on 24 January 2014 after suffering from cancer for several years. References External links * 1964 births 2014 deaths Moroccan footballers Moroccan expatriate footballers Morocco international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players 1992 African Cup of Nations players 1998 African Cup of Nations players Botola players AS FAR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youssef Rossi
Youssef Rossi ( ar, يوسف روسي; born June 28, 1973) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Rossi was born in Casablanca, Morocco. started his playing career with local side Raja Casablanca in 1995, before being signed by French side Stade Rennais. After over 40 games for the Ligue 1 side, Rossi then signed al loan-contract for NEC Nijmegen, where he disappeared after only four matches, before moving to Scottish Premier League side Dunfermline Athletic in 2000. After four months with the SPL side, Rossi first appeared in an under-21 match against St Johnstone in November 2000 but was sent off after 25 minutes. He received another red card later that month, after being sent off for a second bookable offence against Dundee United. As he made his way off the pitch, Rossi was seen to make a gesture that provoked United fans. He scored his only goal for the club against Aberdeen on Boxing Day 2000. In August 2001, Rossi had his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachid Azzouzi
Rachid Azzouzi ( ar, رشيد عزّوزي) (born 10 January 1971) is a Moroccan former football midfielder and current sporting director. Raised in Germany, he represented Morocco at international level. Early life Azzouzi was born in Taounate, Morocco, and moved as a child with his family to Germany. He was raised in Rhineland. Club career Azzouzi began playing as a youth for Hertha and Alemannia Mariadorf. In 1988, he moved to 1.FC Köln, where he would play for one year. He later played for several clubs, including MSV Duisburg from 1989 to 1995, Fortuna Köln for two years and then for SpVgg Greuther Fürth, but before which he played for half a year for Chongqing Lifan in China. In total, he played 260 second division games, in which he scored 30 goals. In his 64 Bundesliga games for MSV Duisburg he scored three times. In the 2004–05 Season he was coach of the Fürther U-17-Jugendmannschaft and was relegated with the team from the B-Jugend-Regionalliga. Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustapha Hadji
Mustapha Hadji (born 16 November 1971) is a Moroccan football coach and former player. He was named the 50th greatest African player of all time by the African football expert Ed Dove. Early life Hadji was born in Ifrane Atlas-Saghir, Morocco. He emigrated with his family to France at the age of ten. Club career Hadji began playing in France. He signed his first contract with AS Nancy, where he spent his first season as a youth player before joining the senior squad in his second year with the club. After playing five seasons for Nancy, Hadji joined Sporting Lisbon and then Deportivo la Coruña, but it was with Coventry City where he became well known, especially in Britain, after he was signed by Gordon Strachan in 1999. Hadji was a goal-scoring attacking midfielder with great pace and skill. At Coventry, he was joined by Moroccan international, Youssef Chippo, sparking a brief trend for City fans to wear fezzes to games in their honour. After Coventry were relegated in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noureddine Naybet
Noureddine Naybet ( ar, نور الدين نيبت; born 10 February 1970) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He played in Spain (Deportivo de La Coruña) and Portugal for Sporting CP and England for Tottenham Hotspur. He is considered one of the best defenders in La Liga of his generation. Naybet spent the longest and most successful period of his career with Deportivo La Coruña in Spain's La Liga, from 1996 to 2004. He was named the 44th greatest African player of all time by the African football expert Ed Dove. Naybet played a record 115 matches for the Morocco national team scoring four goals, representing the country in two World Cups and six Africa Cup of Nations tournaments. Early life Born in Casablanca on 10 February 1970, the young toddler, addicted to football, spent much of his time teasing the ball, in the streets of Derb Chorfa. Already talented and hardworking, he was quickly spotted by the Étoile de Casablanca, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahar El Khalej
Tahar El Khalej (pronounced Taher Lakhlej ar, الطاهر الخلج) (born 16 June 1968) is a retired Moroccan Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Club career Born in Marrakech, El Khalej started at Kawkab Marrakech in 1990, spending four seasons there, helping them win one league title and two Coupe du Trône, national cups. In 1994, he moved to Portugal to sign with UD Leiria, at the time, recently promoted to the first tier. Making his debut on 22 October 1994, against Vitória de Guimarães, he was frequently used as midfielder alongside Mário Artur and Abel. After two seasons in Leiria, El Khalej joined S.L. Benfica, Benfica in 1997. He made his debut on 9 September 1997 and went on to amass nearly 100 appearances, 72 in the league, without winning any silverware. With the arrival of Jupp Heynckes, El Khalej lost influence and made only 4 league appearances, two as substitute in the 1999–2000 S.L. Benfica season, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
