Ali Fergani ( ar, علي فرقاني) (born September 21, 1952) is an Algerian football manager and former player who played in the

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position as a playmaker.

Career

Fergani played club football for

NA Hussein Dey Nasr Athlétique de Hussein Dey ( ar, نصر حسين داي), known as NA Hussein Dey or NAHD for short, is an Algerian football club based in Hussein Dey, Algiers. The club was founded in 1947 and its colours are red and yellow. Their home ...

and

JE Tizi-Ouzou Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (in ar, شبيبة القبائل), ( Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqbayel, In Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⴻⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ), known as JS Kabylie or JSK, is an Algerian professi ...

. Fergani played for the

Algeria national football team The Algeria national football team ( ar, منتخب الجزائر لكرة القدم) represents Algeria in men's international football and is governed by the Algerian Football Federation. The team plays their home matches at the 5 July Sta ...

at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also took part in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in

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. In 1981, Fergani came third in a run for an

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award. Upon his retirement, Fergani was appointed as an assistant manager of

, as well as the coach of his former club

JS Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (in ar, شبيبة القبائل), ( Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqbayel, In Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⴻⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ), known as JS Kabylie or JSK, is an Algerian professi ...

. His managing career took off to a good start as he won the

1990 African Cup of Nations The 1990 African Cup of Nations was the 17th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Algeria. Just like in 1988, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Algeria won ...

in his homeland. Fergani was re-appointed as the coach of Algeria national team in 1995, but was dismissed just one year later, after a defeat to

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. After leaving the national team, Fergani coached several

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n sides, including Club Athletic Bizertin,

Union Sportive Monastir Union Sportive Monastirienne ( ar, الاتحاد الرياضي المنستيري), also known as USM, is a football club from Monastir in Tunisia. Founded in 1923 under the name ''Ruspina Sports'', it was renamed Union Sportive Monastirienne ...

and Stade Tunisien, among others. Following the resignation of Robert Waseige, Fergani was once again recalled to the

, as a manager. On October 10, 2011, Fergani was appointed as manager of the Algeria A' national football team.EN A' : Ali Fergani nouveau sélectionneur
; DZFoot.com, 10 October 2011.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fergani, Ali 1952 births Living people Sportspeople from Nord (French department) Association football midfielders Algerian footballers Algeria international footballers French footballers French sportspeople of Algerian descent 1980 African Cup of Nations players 1982 African Cup of Nations players 1984 African Cup of Nations players Algerian football managers Algerian expatriate football managers Olympic footballers of Algeria Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics 1982 FIFA World Cup players Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Algeria Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Kabyle people JS Kabylie players NA Hussein Dey players US Monastir (football) managers Club Athlétique Bizertin managers Espérance Sportive de Tunis managers Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Expatriate football managers in Tunisia Algeria national football team managers JS Kabylie managers MC Oran managers USM Alger managers Expatriate football managers in Morocco Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco 1996 African Cup of Nations managers SCC Mohammédia managers Mediterranean Games medalists in football Footballers from Hauts-de-France