Aziz Ben Askar

Aziz Ben Askar (born 30 March 1976) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a defender and manager of Umm-Salal.

Aziz Ben Askar
Personal information
Full name Aziz Ben Askar
Date of birth (1976-03-30) 30 March 1976
Place of birth Château-Gontier, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Umm-Salal (Manager)
Youth career
Sablé[1]
Stade Laval[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2003 Stade Laval 140 (4)
2001–2002 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 18 (0)
2003–2006 Caen 76 (5)
2006–2007 → Al-Shamal (loan) 9 (0)
2007–2010 Umm-Salal 44 (1)
2010–2011 Al-Wakrah 6 (0)
Total 293 (10)
National team
2006–2007 Morocco 14 (0)
Teams managed
2014–2015 Stade Mayennais (U17)
2015–2016 AS Bourny Laval
2018–2019 AC Ajaccio (U19)
2019– Umm-Salal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ben Askar played for Stade Lavallois and Stade Malherbe Caen in France, Queens Park Rangers F.C. in England, and for Al-Shamal Sports Club, Umm Salal Sport Club, and Al-Wakrah Sport Club in Qatar. At international level, he represented the Morocco national football team.

Coaching career

After retiring, Ben Askar started working as a football agent.[2][3] However, he stopped as a agent because he missed being on the pitch and instead started tacking his coaching licens.

Ben Askar started his coaching career with the U17 team of Stade Mayennais as a part of the proces to get his coaching licens.[1] In the summer 2015, Ben Askar also began working for UNFP FC (Union Nationale des Footballeurs)[4][5] as well as being appointed manager of AS Bourny Laval, which also was a part of the proces to get his licens.[6] In May 2016 he announced, that he would not continue at Bourny because he wanted to try something new with more adrenaline.[7] Ben Askar also left UNFP in 2017.

In the summer 2018, Ben Askar had several offers but preferred to stay in France. He was then appointed manager of AC Ajaccio's U19 team.[4] In November 2019, he was appointed manager of his former club, Umm Salal SC, in Qatar.[8]

References
  1. Aziz Ben Askar, l'entraîneur des jeunes espoirs, ouest-france.fr, 25 February 2015
  2. "Je suis fier d'eux, fier d'être l'entraîneur du Bourny", laval.maville.com, 3 December 2015
  3. MARTIN MIMOUN : « POSTULER À UNE PLACE DE TITULAIRE », stade-lavallois.com, 16 January 2013
  4. AZIZ BEN ASKAR : « IL Y A UN PROJET AMBITIEUX AU NIVEAU DE LA FORMATION », actufoot.com, 4 July 2018
  5. COUP D'ENVOI DE L'UNFP FC 2015, unfp.org, 22 June 2015
  6. Ben Askar : « Le terrain me manquait », ouest-france.fr, 2 June 2015
  7. Pascal Pouthier, nouvel entraîneur de l’AS Laval Bourny, footamateur.fr, 14 May 2016
  8. We’ll work to improve Umm Salal's reputation: Ben Askar, qsl.qa, 6 November 2019
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