The Royal Moroccan Football Federation continues to strengthen the Moroccan national teams with technical competencies in various age groups, to develop football in the country, according to the strategy it has set under the chairmanship of Fouzi Lekjaa.
The Moroccan Football Association seeks to benefit from the experiences of former stars in Morocco national teamBy involving them in the world of training, and ensuring their training in order to prepare a new generation of trainers.
The Moroccan Football Federation recently signed a contract with the former Atlas Lions striker, Youssef Haji, to work as an assistant coach for the technical director, Tariq Saktioui, with the Moroccan Olympic team. He also held the same position with the former coach, Issam El-Sharai.
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In a related context, the website “win winFrom a special source, Marouane Chamakh, the former Moroccan national team striker, is close to joining the Moroccan national teams as an assistant coach in one of the age groups, as he is one of the names that are included in the Moroccan Federation’s future strategy.
The source explained that the former Arsenal star will be an assistant coach in the under-15 category, under the banner of the Moroccan Football Federation.
The source pointed out that Fathi Jamal, the technical director of the Moroccan Federation and the person responsible for training, has great confidence in the competence that Chamakh possesses, after a long career in the European leagues.
In preparation for this, Marouane Chamakh benefited from training courses in the field of training during the past period, under the banner of the Moroccan and African Federations, and he is now ready to enter the world of training, in search of new glory in football.
His daughter’s illness caused his absence.
Marouane Chamakh is one of the stars of the Moroccan national team in the 2004 African Cup of Nations finals in Tunisia, after he helped the Atlas Lions reach the final match, before losing to the Carthage Eagles 2-1.
The 40-year-old Chamakh has been absent from the football scene since his retirement in 2019, as he was forced to devote himself to his small family, especially his daughter who suffers from a “chronic” disease, before appearing in some of the Moroccan Federation’s activities recently.
After a long absence, Marouane Chamakh will be one of the names that will return to the Moroccan football atmosphere through the gate of coaching, and he will be, along with Youssef Hadji and Jawad Zairi, one of the names that the Moroccan Federation is working on training, along with other stars.
Chamakh played for big clubs, most notably Bordeaux in France, and Arsenal, West Ham, Crystal Palace and Cardiff City in the English Premier League. He also appeared in 62 international matches for the Moroccan national team, scoring 17 goals.
