Tunisian Tariq Thabet returned to coaching in the Libyan Premier League, specifically through the Al-Sadaka Club, after leaving coaching the Tunisian club, Taraji, last January.
Thabet was appointed coach of Taraji in October 2022 by the administration of President Hamdi Meddeb, succeeding coach Moine Chaabani, who had great successes with the team, and his services were dispensed with at the beginning of 2024.
Today, Tuesday, the Libyan Al-Sadaka Club administration officially announced its contract with the Tunisian coach to lead the team, succeeding his compatriot Hatem Al-Missaoui, for a period of two seasons, subject to renewal.
Thabet returned to coach Al-Sadaka of Libya again after assuming the position of technical director of the Libyan club for the first time in the 2022-23 sports season, and with him the team did not achieve any noteworthy results in the Premier League.
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Tunisian Tariq Thabet (52 years old) is one of the most experienced coaches in Libyan football. He has previously led many clubs in his coaching career, and is also the coach from Tunisia with the most presence in Libyan stadiums.
Thabet’s training journey began in Libya in 2008, where the Wifaq Sabratha team was his first training stop, after which he moved to train the clubs of Khaleej Sirte, Al-Akhdar, Al-Ahly Benghazi, Al-Nasr, Al-Ahly Tripoli, Al-Hilal, Al-Olympi, and finally Al-Sadaka Club.
Despite the Tunisian coach’s long history in the Libyan league and the big clubs he coached, such as Al-Ahly Tripoli, Al-Nasr, and Al-Ahly Benghazi, he did not win any local championship, whether in the local competition or the cup.
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Tarek Thabet is a former Tunisian coach and international player. He played as a right back. He played his entire career with the Tunisian sports team, Esperance Sportive de Tunis, and won many titles with them.
Thabet particularly excelled with Esperance Sportive de Tunis in the 1993 and 1994 seasons, and won the award for best player in the Arab Club Championship for the year 1993. He participated with the Tunisian national team in the African Cup of Nations finals in 1994, 1998 and 2000, and the World Cup finals in 1998 and 2002.
He played 72 international matches with the Carthage Eagles, scoring 3 goals, and then retired at the beginning of the 2004-05 season, after Esperance’s defeat by Nigerian club Enyimba in the semi-finals of the African Champions League.
