Sabri Lamouchi (born 9 November 1971) is a French

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and former professional

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who played as a

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. He was the manager of

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club Al-Duhail.

Early life

Lamouchi was born in

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, France, and is of Tunisian descent.

Club career

Lamouchi started his professional career with

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and then moved to

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for four years. He then went on to join

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, who he helped to the

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title in 2000, before being snapped up by

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of Italy. He later moved to

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. Lamouchi had a spell at

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before joining

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on loan the following year. In January 2006, the loan deal was made a permanent move. He played for Marseille for six further months, until he announced that he was leaving the club on 18 September 2006, although his contract ran until June 2007. In 2006, Lamouchi moved to

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in the

, where he scored a spectacular goal in his first match. The next season, he joined Umm-Salal. In January 2009, Lamouchi transferred to

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International career

Lamouchi was

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12 times and scored one goal for the French national team. He made his debut in 1996 and was a member of the French European Championship squad the same year. He was in France's 28 men-preliminary squad for the

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on home soil. However he was one of the six players axed by head coach

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just before the tournament began. The team went on to win the tournament.

Managerial career

Ivory Coast

In May 2012, he became manager of the Ivory Coast national team, his first managerial position. The Elephants qualified for the

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, ranked 23rd at the time – highest ranked in Africa – and started their group play with a 2–1 victory over Japan. That was followed by a 2–1 loss to group favourite Colombia. On his last game as Ivory Coast's manager, he and his team lost 2–1 against

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and they were eliminated from the FIFA World Cup. The team featured stars such as

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and

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. Lamouchi resigned from the position following Les Elephants' exit from the competition.

Rennes

On 8 November 2017, Lamouchi became the manager of French side

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. He led the team to a 5th place synonymous with

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qualification. On 3 December 2018 after a string of poor results, he was sacked from the club.

Nottingham Forest

2019–20 season

On 28 June 2019, following the departure of

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, it was announced that Lamouchi would become head coach of

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for the 2019–20 season. He enjoyed a strong start to the season and won the league's Manager of the Month award for September 2019. On 19 June 2020, Nottingham Forest announced that Lamouchi had signed an extension to his managerial contract. Forest were in the play-off positions for nearly the whole season, but missed out by finishing seventh on the final day of the season after being beaten at home 1–4 by

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. Lamouchi had guided Forest to their highest league position since the 2010–11 season, and also became the first Forest manager to complete a full season in over nine years.

2020–21 season

Following Forest's disappointing end to the season, Lamouchi flew to Athens to meet with the Forest board, including Forest owner

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, where it was decided that Lamouchi would remain as Forest's Head Coach. To improve on the shortcomings of the previous season, four new additions were made to Lamouchi's coaching staff, along with a change in transfer strategy that would place a greater focus on domestic signings. On 5 September 2020, Nottingham Forest were knocked out of the

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in a 1–0 defeat to Barnsley. In a video call to the squad following that game, Marinakis described the result as a 'humiliation' to the football club that Forest would lose twice to a club that had barely survived relegation the previous season. It was clear that Marinakis' patience with Lamouchi was running out, and Marinakis angrily told Albert Adomah and

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that they could leave the club without consulting Lamouchi. On 6 October 2020, Lamouchi's contract was terminated and he was immediately replaced by

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. Forest had lost all five competitive games of the new season, and had failed to win in their last eleven games.

Al-Duhail

In October 2020, Lamouchi was appointed manager of Qatari side Al-Duhail. On 9 August 2021, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Auxerre * Division 1: 1995–96 *

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: 1995–96 Monaco *Division 1: 1999–2000 Parma *

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: 2001–02 Marseille *

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Manager

El Jaish *

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: 2016 Individual *

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: September 2019, January 2020

References

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* (archived) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamouchi, Sabri 1971 births Living people Footballers from Lyon French footballers Association football midfielders Olympique Alès players AJ Auxerre players AS Monaco FC players Parma Calcio 1913 players Inter Milan players Genoa C.F.C. players Olympique de Marseille players Al-Rayyan SC players Umm Salal SC players Al Kharaitiyat SC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Serie A players Serie B players Qatar Stars League players France international footballers UEFA Euro 1996 players French expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Qatar French football managers Ivory Coast national football team managers El Jaish SC managers Stade Rennais F.C. managers Nottingham Forest F.C. managers Al-Duhail SC managers 2014 FIFA World Cup managers 2013 Africa Cup of Nations managers Ligue 1 managers English Football League managers French expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in England Expatriate football managers in Ivory Coast Expatriate football managers in Qatar French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast French expatriate sportspeople in Qatar French sportspeople of Tunisian descent