Ezzaki Badou (Redirected from Badou Ezzaki)

Ezzaki Badou
Badou at the Moroccan Cultural Day Festival in Union City, New Jersey in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-04-02) 2 April 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth Sidi Kacem, Morocco
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Niger (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1978 AS Salé
1978–1986 Wydad Casablanca 344 (1)
1986–1992 Mallorca 190 (0)
1992–1993 FUS Rabat
Total 534 (1)
International career
1979–1992 Morocco 78 (0)
Managerial career
1993–1994 FUS Rabat
1995–1996 WAC
1996 AS Salé
1996–1998 SCC
1998–2000 WAC
2000–2001 KAC
2001–2002 Maghreb Fez
2002–2005 Morocco
2006–2007 KAC
2008–2010 WAC
2010–2011 KAC
2012–2013 WAC
2013–2014 Olympic Safi
2014–2016 Morocco
2016–2017 CR Belouizdad
2017 IR Tanger
2018 MC Oran
2019 DHJ
2022 IR Tanger
2022–2023 CS Chebba
2023 Sudan
2023– Niger
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Morocco (as manager)
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up 2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ezzaki Badou (Arabic: الزاكي بادو; born 2 April 1959), nicknamed Zaki, is a Moroccan football coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He manages Sudan.

Playing career

Born in Sidi Kacem, Zaki represented AS Salé, Wydad AC, RCD Mallorca and Fath Union Sport during a 17-year professional career. With Mallorca, for which he signed in 1986 after being named by France Football as African Footballer of the Year, he won promotion to La Liga in 1989 while winning the Ricardo Zamora Trophy.[citation needed]

Zaki played for the Morocco national team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup and four Africa Cup of Nations. In the former tournament, held in Mexico, he helped his country to the round-of-16; additionally, the recipient of 76 full caps competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

In 2006, Zaki was selected by the Confederation of African Football as one of the best 200 African footballers of the last 50 years.

Coaching career

Zaki retired in 1993 at the age of 34, immediately becoming a manager. In 2002, after coaching a host of clubs, including former sides FUS and WAC, he was appointed at the helm of Morocco, leaving his post after three years and returning in May 2014. He managed to create a young group and qualify the national team for the African Cup then organized in Tunisia in 2004 without the slightest defeat. During this CAN, Morocco was far from favorite, however, from the first match, the Atlas Lions gave a hunch that the team will go far in the competition. Zaki's protégés reach the final by losing to Tunisia 2 goals to 1. He left by mutual consent in February 2016.

Zaki subsequently returned to club duties, going on to be in charge of several sides.

On 9 July 2017, Zaki was named as the coach of IR Tanger.

On 12 March 2023, he was named as coach of Sudan, with his salary being paid by the Saudi Arabian FA as part of a co-operation agreement. In managing his first game for Sudan, he managed to claim a 1-0 victory against Gabon in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.

On 8 December 2023, The Niger Football Federation announced, that it has officially signed a contract with coach Badou Zaki to lead the Niger national football team for two years.

Honours

Zaki in 2009

Player

Wydad Casablanca

RCD Mallorca

Manager

Wydad Casablanca

CR Belouizdad

Morocco

Individual

  • Best Moroccan Player: 1979, 1981, 1986, 1988
  • Best Moroccan Goalkeeper: 1978, 1979, 1986
  • CAF African Footballer of the Year: 1986
  • Best Arab player of the year: 1986
  • Golden Ball best coach in Algeria: 2017
  • Ricardo Zamora Trophy: 1988–89
  • La Liga best goalkeeper: 1988, 1989, 1990
  • Best Arab goalkeeper of the 20th century
  • IFFHS Best African goalkeeper of the 20th century
  • IFFHS All-time Morocco Men's Dream Team

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