RABAT —
Former Moroccan international Walid Regragui has been appointed head coach of
the national side just three months before the
2022 World Cup, the football
federation announced Wednesday.
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The 46-year-old takes over from Franco-Bosnian
Vahid Halilhodzic, who was dismissed on August 11 because of “differences of
opinion” over preparations for the global tournament which kicks off in Qatar
on November 20.
“We are all behind (Regragui) in his new
mission at the head of the national team, and we wish him good luck,” Moroccan
Football Federation president Fouzi
Lekjaa told journalists in Rabat.
Regragui said the Moroccan public were
“expecting good results”.
“We want to do great things ... and we’ll
give our all to make you happy,” he said.
Regragui was born south of Paris and played
as a defender for Toulouse, Ajaccio, Dijon, and Grenoble as well as chalking up
45 caps with Morocco’s national team.
He was coach of FUS Rabat between 2014–2020
and briefly led Qatari club Al-Duhail.
He then coached
Wydad Casablanca for one
triumphant season, leading the club to victory against Egypt’s Al-Ahly to win
the African Champions League as well as clinching the Moroccan league title.
He quit Wydad earlier this month and has now become the first
Moroccan national to lead the Lions of the Atlas since 2016.
Regragui will be seeking to repeat Morocco’s success of
1986, when they became the first African team in history to reach the round of
16.
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