Noureddine Ould Ali ( ar, نور الدين ولد علي; born 23 June 1972) is an Algerian

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coach who was most recently the manager of the

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Early life

Ould Ali was born in

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, a suburb of the capital of

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on 23 June 1972. Ould Ali played football in the town of Aïn Bénian, before attending university.

Coaching career

In 1992, Ould Ali began coaching

US Chaouia Union Sportive des Chaouia, ( ar, إتحاد الشاوية), ( In Tamazight: ⵜⵉⴷⵓⴽⵍⴰ ⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⵏ ⵏ ⵉⵛⴰⵡⵉⵢⵏ), known as US Chaouia or simply USC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Oum El B ...

under-20s. Following a spell at Chaouia, Ould Ali moved to France to coach at

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-based club US Rouet. At Rouet, Ould Ali met former

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international

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. After leaving Rouet, Ould Ali followed Bracci to Algeria, becoming assistant manager under Bracci at

CS Constantine Club Sportif Constantinois ( ar, النادي الرياضي القسنطيني), also known as CS Constantine or simply CSC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Constantine, Algeria. The club was founded in 1898, and its colours are ...

and

MC Alger Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home s ...

. In 2013, Ould Ali moved to

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, becoming assistant to

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. In 2018, having been assistant to former manager

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, Ould Ali succeeded

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as manager of

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. He first began coaching work with the Palestinian national team in 2010, and by 2018 he had spent more than five years with them. He led Palestine in the country's second Asian Cup appearance, where Palestine was eliminated without scoring a goal and only two points obtained. Then, he led the Palestinians to the 2022 World Cup qualification, where the Palestinians managed to create a shock home win over

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2–0, leaving enthusiasm among Palestinians. Yet, after the historic win, the team suffered two denting defeats to

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and

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, before letting the Uzbeks take vengeance on away ground. Due to the performance of Palestine in the qualification, Ould Ali suffered criticism from Palestinian football platform.

Managerial statistics

References

1972 births Living people Algerian footballers Footballers from Algiers Algerian emigrants to France Expatriate football managers in the State of Palestine Palestine national football team managers Association footballers not categorized by position 2019 AFC Asian Cup managers Algerian football managers Algerian expatriate sportspeople in the State of Palestine {{Algeria-footy-bio-stub