Abdelkhalek Louzani (13 July 1945 – 6 February 2021) was a Moroccan

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player and coach.

Playing career

Louzani began his career in 1960 with hometown club ASS Essaouira, and played professionally with Belgian clubs

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, Crossing Elewijt and

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Coaching career

Louzani began his coaching career in Belgium with

, before returning to Morocco in 1982. He was manager of the Morocco national team in 1992 to 1993, and also managed a number of Moroccan club sides including Moghreb Tétouan, Olympique Khouribga, FUS Rabat, Ittihad Tanger, Kawkab Marrakech, Chabab d'Al Massira,

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, KAC Kénitra and Olympic Club de Safi.

Death

Louzani died from COVID-19 in

Essaouira Essaouira ( ; ar, الصويرة, aṣ-Ṣawīra; shi, ⵜⴰⵚⵚⵓⵔⵜ, Taṣṣort, formerly ''Amegdul''), known until the 1960s as Mogador, is a port city in the western Moroccan region of Marakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast. It ha ...

on 6 February 2021, at age 75, during the

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References

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