Karim Zaza
Karim Zaza (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰɑːʁim ˈsɑsɑ], Arabic: كريم زازا; born 9 January 1975) is a Danish retired professional footballer and current goalkeeper coach of Al-Duhail SC.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Karim Zaza | ||
Date of birth | 9 January 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Brøndby, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Duhail (goalkeeper coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Brøndby | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–2000 | Copenhagen | 80 | (0) |
2000 | → Fremad Amager (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2000 | → Silkeborg (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2000–2003 | OB | 79 | (0) |
2003–2006 | Brøndby | 49 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 31 | (0) |
2007–2011 | AaB | 100 | (0) |
2011–2014 | Vendsyssel | 72 | (1) |
Total | 412 | (1) | |
National team | |||
2000–2009 | Morocco | 5 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2016 | Vendsyssel (assistant) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Born in Denmark to a Moroccan father and Danish mother, he established himself as one of the top goalkeepers of Danish football with three consecutive Danish Goalkeeper of the Year awards from 2001 to 2003. He won the Danish Cup twice with F.C. Copenhagen and the Double of both Danish Cup and Superliga championship with Brøndby IF in 2005. He played five games for the Morocco national football team.
Club career
On 21 March 2010, Zaza played his 100th game for AaB in all competitions.[1]
Zaza ended his career at the Danish 1st Division side Vendsyssel FF, retiring in the Summer of 2014, after a knee injury that prevented him from playing.[2]
Coaching career
After his retirement in 2014, Zaza was immediately hired as a goalkeeper coach under Michael Laudrup of Lekhwiya SC in Qatar.[3] Laudrup and his staff, including Zaza, left the club in June 2015. In July 2016, Zaza returned to Vendsyssel FF as an assistant manager under Joakim Mattsson.[4] In early January 2017, Zaza was offered to continue at the club as a goalkeeper coach instead of assistant manager, which he accepted.[5] He left Vendsyssel in January 2020[6] and returned to Lekhwiya SC in Qatar, which since the last time had been renamed as Al-Duhail SC.[7]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Karim Zaza indstiller karrieren (Karim Zaza set career) bold.dk. 20 May 2014. (in Danish)
- Zaza glad for at følge med Laudrup til Qatar, berlingske.dk, 1 July 2014
- Karim Zaza vender tilbage til Vendsyssel FF, tipsbladet.dk, 8 July 2016
- Vendsyssel vil løse kasketforvirring med tydelige roller, bt.dk, 11 January 2017
- VENDSYSSEL FF SIGER FARVEL TIL KARIM ZAZA, vendsysselff.dk, 22 January 2020
- Zaza stopper øjeblikkeligt: Lynskifte til arabisk eventyr, ekstrabladet.dk, 22 January 2020
External links
- AaB profile (in Danish)
- Brøndby IF profile (in Danish)
- F.C. Copenhagen profile (in Danish)
- Superliga stats by Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Karim Zaza at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Karim Zaza at National-Football-Teams.com