Maher Kanzari (born 17 March 1973) is a Tunisian

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. He has played for

Tunisia national football team The Tunisia national football team ( ar, منتخب تونس لكرة القدم; ) represents Tunisia in men's international association football. The team is a member of both FIFA and CAF, the Confederation of African Football. It is governe ...

Club career

He played in the

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (; ar, الرابطة المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم) was previously called the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994. is the top division football tournament in Tunisia und ...

with

Stade Tunisien Stade Tunisien (; ar, الملعب التونسي) or ST is a football club from Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia. Alongside Espérance de Tunis and Club Africain it forms the group of three best teams in the capital city region. Founded in 1948, it is th ...

and

Espérance de Tunis :''See also Esperance (disambiguation)'' Espérance is one of the two French words that can be translated into "hope", the other being "espoir". Whereas the latter is closer to the idea of "dream" or "fantasy" and corresponds to most of the common ...

. He played also in the

Saudi Professional League The Saudi Pro League (SPL for short) ( ar, دوري المحترفين السعودي, link=no, ''Dawriyy al-Muḥtarifayni as-Suʿūdī''), known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL for short) for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of associat ...

with

Al-Ahli Saudi FC Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club ( ar, النادي الأهلي السعودي) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Jeddah, that competes in the second division of Saudi Arabian football, following their relegation from the Saud ...

and in

UAE Pro-League The UAE Pro League ( ar, دوري المحترفين الإماراتي), known for sponsorship reasons as the ADNOC Pro League, is the top professional football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first team to win the title was Al O ...

with

Al-Nasr Dubai Al-Nasr CSC ( ar, نادي النصر الرياضي) is an Emirati professional football club based in Al Nasr, Dubai and competes in the UAE Pro League. Al-Nasr, literally translating to "victory" in Arabic, was founded in 1945 and is considere ...

SC and

Dubai CSC Dubai Cultural Sports Club () was a football (soccer), football club based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In 2017 merged with Al Shabab (Dubai), Al Shabab to join Al-Ahli to rebrand the club into Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai FC. History The clu ...

International career

With the National team he started in 1998, collecting 31 appearances in four years and scored 7 goals, he participated also in

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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and

2000 African Cup of Nations The 2000 African Cup of Nations was the 22nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was co-hosted by Ghana and Nigeria, who jointly replaced Zimbabwe as host. Just like in 1998, the field ...

and reached the semi-final.

Coaching career

He succeeded with

Tunisia national under-17 football team The Tunisia national under-17 football team ( ar, منتخب تونس تحت 17 سنة لكرة القدم), nicknamed ''Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles)'', is the national under-17 football team of Tunisia an ...

to qualify for the

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ...

hosted by

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after reaching the semi-final of

2007 African U-17 Championship The 2007 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Togo. For the first time, the top four teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIF ...

. He also achieved the round of the 16 after beating teams like

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and the

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making

appoint him as its assistant coach in 2007. Following the departure of

Faouzi Benzarti Faouzi Benzarti ( ar, فوزي البنزرتي; born 3 January 1950) is a Tunisian professional football manager and former player and the current head coach of MC Alger. He spent his entire career as a player at his home club US Monastir witho ...

in 2010, he became coach of Espérance de Tunis, before giving way a few weeks later to

Nabil Maâloul Nabil Maâloul ( ar, نَبِيْل مَعْلُول; born 25 December 1962) is a Tunisian professional football manager and former player who is currently managing Espérance de Tunis. Maâloul was capped 74 times for his country, and participa ...

. On 2 January 2011, he was named coach of

CA Bizertin Club Athlétique Bizertin ( ar, النادي الرياضي البنزرتي) or CAB is a football club from Bizerte in Tunisia. It was founded on June 20, 1928. CA Bizertin have won the Tunisian League four times, the Tunisian Cup three times, ...

and was second of the

2011–12 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The 2011–12 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (''Tunisian Professional League'') season was the 86th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. The competition began on 4 November 2011, and ended on 30 September 2012. The defending champions from t ...

. On 8 October 2012, he was appointed coach of Al-Sailiya Sports Club to replace the German

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. He signed a contract to be the assistant of

Georges Leekens Georges Leekens (born 18 May 1949) is a Belgian football manager and former player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of four national teams: the Belgian, Tunisian, Algerian and Hungarian national football teams. He also managed ...

in the Tunisian team in 2014. He then went through a failed experiences with

, CA Bizertin and

Stade Gabèsien Stade Gabèsien ( ar, الملعب القابسي) or Stayda is a Tunisian football and basketball club from Gabès Gabès (, ; ar, قابس, ), also spelled Cabès, Cabes, Kabes, Gabbs and Gaps, is the capital city of the Gabès Governora ...

and approached them to get to the second division. He also trained the Saudi

Ohod Club Ohod Club () is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Medina, which competes in the First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football. Ohod was named after Mount Uhud, hence the nickname "Al-Jabal". Ohod have won the Sau ...

before being fired for unconvincing results. In August 2018, he was appointed as assistant of

with

Honours

Player

Espérance de Tunis *

: 1998, 1999, 2000 *

Tunisian Cup The Tunisian Cup , officially named the President's Cup, is the official competition of the Cup in Tunisian football and is considered the second most important local title after the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. The first cup competition was h ...

: 1999 *

CAF Cup The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to the pre-existing CAF international club competition the African Cup of Champions Clubs. History The tou ...

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African Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

Manager

Tunisia U-20 *

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: Fourth place

References

1973 births Living people Tunisian footballers Men's association football midfielders Stade Tunisien players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players Al Ahli Saudi FC players Al-Nasr SC (Dubai) players Dubai CSC players Tunisian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Tunisia men's international footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Tunisia Saudi Professional League players UAE Pro League players Tunisian football managers Espérance Sportive de Tunis managers Club Athlétique Bizertin managers Al-Sailiya SC managers Al-Wakrah SC managers Stade Tunisien managers Stade Gabèsien managers Ohod Club managers Saudi Professional League managers Tunisian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Qatar Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar {{Tunisia-footy-bio-stub