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Franco-Bosnian Wahid Halilozic has been appointed coach of the Moroccan Football Federation (FFM), replacing Hervé Ronard, the Moroccan Football Federation reported on Thursday.
"Vahid Haliluzic knows African football after coaching Algeria and Ivory Coast," said university president, Fawzi Lagaa, at a conference of press alongside the new coach.
Earlier this month, Halilozic reached an agreement with Valdemar Keita, owner of Nantes, 12th in Ligue 1 last season, to leave his post after just one season at the helm of his technical department, in preparation for the resumption of the Moroccan national team.
Halilozic said his first goal with the Moroccan national team was to qualify for the World Cup (Qatar 2022), noting that "it's the fourth time I've tried to lead a team. at the World Cup (…) for me, it's my first goal ".
"Leading a national team is a challenge, an honor and a great responsibility," he said, adding that his return to Morocco was "a homecoming because he has not forgotten the year. passed with Raja Casablanca, where he won victories.
Haliluzic had already been a coach in Morocco when he led Raja Casablanca (1997-1998) in the African Champions League 1997. In his history, in Brazil in 2014 before going out with difficulty and after the start of the season. extension by Germany, which was later sacred.
He also supervised the teams of Côte d 'Ivoire (2008-2010) and Japan (2015-2018), as well as the clubs of Lille, Rennes and Paris Saint-Germain de France, Saudi Federation, Dinamo Zagreb Croatian and Trabzon Turkish Sport.
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