Hussein Ammouta

His career began in his hometown club of Ittihad Khemisset in 1988. He joined Al Sadd SC in 1997, helping them win the Emir Cup and the Crown Prince Cup in his second season at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. He was the league top goalscorer that season. He had spells in United Arab Emirates with Al Sharjah and in Saudi Arabia with Al Riyadh.

He began his managerial career as a player-coach at Ittihad Zemmouri Khemisset in 2003. In 2007, he returned to his first club, Ittihad Khemisset, winning the league. He left in the 2007–08 season, and from 2008 to 2011, he took over the reins of a well-known club, FUS de Rabat. After he left, he joined Al Sadd as the technical director, before being named as a replacement for head coach Jorge Fossati in 2012.

Al Sadd SC

His skills would be tested for the 2012 Sheikh Jassem Cup where they played most of their matches with their second team, and were in the final defeated by Al Rayyan SC, 1–0. Talk in the league, even among pundits, praised the team's form having consecutively won the set of nine matches that began the season, setting a league record. Sadd were eventually held to a goalless draw by Al Kharaitiyat on 8 December 2012. Al-Sadd won the league on 13 April 2013, one match before the end of the league. The victory followed a hiatus since the Al-Sadd league victory in 2007.

Return to Wydad AC

On 5 January 2017, Ammouta was announced as the new Wydad AC head coach, after long negotiations, as the Moroccan coach signed a contract extending for one and a half seasons, replacing French coach Sébastien Desabre. On 18 August 2022, Ammouta was announced as the new Wydad AC head coach, replacing Walid Regragui who was transferred to coach the Moroccan national team.

AS FAR

From May to June 2023, he led the AS FAR Club as general supervisor at…

Managerial

As of match played 1 September 2026

Player

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Moroccan Throne Cup: 1994–95 Al-Sadd

Qatar Stars League: 1999–2000 Emir of Qatar Cup: 1999–2000, 2000–01 Crown Prince Cup: 1998 Sheikh Jassim Cup: 1997, 1999 Qatar SC

Qatar Stars League: 2002–03 Crown Prince Cup: 2002

Manager

Fath Union Sport

Botola Pro 2: 2008–09 Moroccan Throne Cup: 2010 CAF Confederation Cup: 2010 Al-Sadd

Qatar Stars League: 2012–13 Emir of Qatar Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15 Sheikh Jassem Cup: 2014 Wydad AC

Botola Pro: 2016–17 CAF Champions League: 2017 Al Jazira

UAE League Cup: 2024–25 Morocco A'

African Nations Championship: 2020 Jordan

AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 2023

Individual

Player

Botola Pro Top Goalscorer: 1993–94 Qatar Stars League Top Goalscorer: 1997–98 Qatar Emir Cup Top Goalscorer: 2000–01 (7 goals 7 games)

Manager

Qatar Stars League Manager of the Season: 2012–13 Qatar Stars League Manager of the Month: October 2014, April 2015 Botola Pro Manager of the Season: 2016–17 African Nations Championship Best Coach: 2020 Order

Silver Jubilee Medal (Jordan): 2024