Abderrazak Khairi (born 20 November 1962) is a Moroccan former

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player and coach who played as a

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Career

Born in

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

, Khairi played for the local club

FAR Rabat Association sportive des Forces armées royales (, ar, الجمعية الرياضية للقوات المسلحة الملكية), commonly known as AS FAR ( ar, نادي الجيش الملكي), is a professional sport club based in Morocco's ...

. He scored goals in the 1985 and 1986

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finals, helping the club win three successive cup finals. He also played for the Morocco national team, scoring two goals for Morocco in the famous

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win against

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. Khairi was appointed manager of

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in January 2006.

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* * * 1962 births Living people Footballers from Rabat Moroccan footballers Association football midfielders Morocco international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players 1986 African Cup of Nations players 1988 African Cup of Nations players Botola players AS FAR (football) players Moroccan football managers AS FAR (football) managers Maghreb de Fès managers ittihad Tanger managers KAC Kénitra managers {{morocco-footy-bio-stub