Si-Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani

Si-Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani was born on the 10^th July 1967 in Oran. He is a former football player from Algeria. He played the role of a midfielder for the clubs and the Algerian national team and he is the current manager of MC Oran. He is the elder brother of Abdennour Cherif El-Ouazzani, a current midfielder of the club, MC Oran.

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Career

Si-Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani started his career with the club in his hometown, MC Oran in the year1983. In the first season he played with the club, he led the club to their first league title in 17 years. A season after his first season with the club, he led the team to the final of the African Cup of Champions clubs and they controversially lost the game on penalties to Raja Casablanca. He played one more season with the club and in the last season with the club, he won the 1990 African Cup of nations before he went on to sign for Aydinspor, the Turkish club. He spent two seasons in Turkey and returned to his former club. In the season he returned to MC Oran, he led the club to the to the second league title before he left again to Raja Casablanca, a Moroccan club. After two trophy less seasons in the club in Morocco, he went back to MC Oran. He led his club to the Algerian Cup in the year 1996 and also back to back Arab Cup Winners Cup in the year 1997 and in the year 1998. The following year, MC Oran also won Arab Super Cup as they defeated Syrian Side Al Jaish in the final of the tournament. He was with the club, MC Oran until he retired in the year 2002. In the year 2003, he became the head coach of OM Arzew and was in control of the team until February 2008 when he was made the head coach of his former club, MC Oran.

Honours

Personnel

Ø  Runner-up for the 1990 African Footballer of the Year award behind Roger Milla

Ø  2nd best player in the 1990 African Cup of Nations

Club

Ø  Won the Algerian league twice with MC Oran in 1988 and 1993

Ø  Won the Algerian Cup three times with MC Oran in 1984, 1985 and 1996

Ø  Won the Algerian League Cup with MC Oran in 1996

Ø  Won the Arab Cup Winners Cup twice with MC Oran in 1997 and 1998

Ø  Won the Arab Super Cup once with MC Oran in 1999

Ø  Finalist of the African Cup of Champions Clubs once with MC Oran in 1989

Ø  Finalist of the Arab Champions League once with MC Oran in 2001

National

Ø  Won the 1990 African Cup of Nations

Ø  Won the 1991 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations