Walid Regragui

Walid Regragui (Arabic: وليد الركراكي‎; born 23 September 1975) is a Moroccan retired footballer who played as a defender, and who last managed Al-Duhail in Qatar.

Walid Regragui
Regragui in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-09-23) 23 September 1975
Place of birth Corbeil-Essonnes, Paris, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Corbeil-Essonnes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Racing Paris 17 (3)
1999–2001 Toulouse 37 (3)
2001–2004 Ajaccio 72 (3)
2004–2006 Racing Santander 25 (0)
2007 Dijon 10 (0)
2007–2009 Grenoble 39 (0)
2010–2011 Fleury-Mérogis
National team‡
2001–2009 Morocco[1] 45 (0)
Teams managed
2012–2013 Morocco (assistant)
2014–2020 FUS Rabat
2020 Al-Duhail
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2009
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 September 2020

Despite being born in France, Regragui was a full international for Morocco. His previous clubs include Toulouse, AC Ajaccio, Grenoble and Racing Santander. In the summer of 2009, he moved from Grenoble to Moroccan side Moghreb Tétouan for his last playing career.[2]

After retiring as player, Regragui began with football coaching as assistant of Morocco's national team in September 2012. When the head coach Rachid Taoussi was sacked on 1 October 2013, his contract was also terminated. On 8 May 2014, he landed a head coaching job with Fath Union Sport for the 2014–15 season.[3] On 22 January 2020, he left the club by mutual consent.[4]

On 23 January 2020, Regragui was appointed as the head coach of Qatar Stars League side Al-Duhail, he came in to replace Rui Faria.[5] He was sacked on 30 September 2020 after their AFC Champions League group stage exit.[6]

Managerial statistics
As of 24 September 2020[6]
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Al-Duhail January 2020 September 2020 17 11 1 5 064.71
Total 17111564.71

Honours

Player
Ajaccio
Morocco

Managerial
FUS Rabat
Al-Duhail

References
  1. Morocco - Record International Players
  2. Excitement building in Morocco FIFA.com. 27 August 2009.
  3. FUS Rabat sign new coach Magharebia. 9 May 2014.
  4. "COMMUNIQUE DU FATH UNION SPORT" (in French).
  5. "Regragui Coach Of The First Team". Al Duhail Sports Club. 23 January 2020.
  6. "نهاية مشوار المدرب وليد الركراكي مع الدحيل". استاد الدوحة (in Arabic). 30 September 2020.
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