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Abdullah Abu Zema

Abdullah Mohammad Ali Abu Zema (Arabic: عبدالله محمد علي أبو زمع; born 4 April 1976) is a Jordanian professional football coach and former player.

Abdullah Abu Zema
Personal information
Full name Abdullah Mohammad Ali Abu Zema[1]
Date of birth (1976-04-04) 4 April 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Kuwait[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Al-Wehdat
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2005 Al-Wehdat
2000–2001 → Al-Wakrah (loan)
International career
1996–2004 Jordan 82 (12)
Managerial career
2013–2015 Al-Wehdat
2016 Jordan (caretaker)
2017–2018 Kuwait SC
2018–2019 Al Ansar
2019–2021 Al-Wehdat
2022 Al Ansar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career edit

Abu Zema officially announced his retirement in playing football on 25 January 2005,[3] at the age of 29, after sustaining an injury.[4] An international friendly match was played between his country Jordan and Armenia on 1 August 2005 in Amman, sponsored by Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein. After playing the first five minutes of the match, Abu Zema gave the captain armband to his teammate Haitham Al-Shboul as well as his 18 jersey shirt to his younger teammate Hassan Abdel-Fattah and left the field.

Managerial career edit

Assistant coach edit

After retiring from playing football, Abu Zema became one of the assistant coaches of his national team (2006–09), under head coaches Mahmoud El-Gohary (2006–07),[5] and Nelo Vingada (2007–09) until the Iraqi Adnan Hamad took over coaching the national team. When Dragan Talajić became head manager of Shabab Al-Ordon (2009–10), Abu Zema became his assistant coach ever since then. They both then moved to Abu Zema's home club Al-Wehdat (2010–11).[5] When Ra'fat Ali, one of Abu Zema's companions, took proficiency in Kuwait, Abu Zema and Talajić joined him by coaching his team (2011–12).[6]

Head coach edit

Abu Zema was appointed for the first time as head coach in February 2013, when he joined Jordanian club Al-Wehdat, where he succeeded Egyptian manager Mohammad Omar.[7]

On 11 January 2022, Abu Zema was announced had coach of Ansar.[8] He left at the end of the 2021–22 season.[9]

Career statistics edit

International edit

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 July 1999 Amman   Syria 4–0 Win Friendly
2 18 August 1999 Amman   Palestine 2–0 Win 1999 Pan Arab Games
3 18 August 1999 Amman   Palestine 2–0 Win 1999 Pan Arab Games
4 31 August 1999 Amman   Iraq 4–4 Draw 1999 Pan Arab Games
5 4 April 2000 Doha   Palestine 5–1 Win 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6 4 April 2000 Doha   Palestine 5–1 Win 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7 8 April 2000 Doha   Qatar 2–2 Draw 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
8 23 May 2000 Amman   Kyrgyzstan 2–0 Win 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship
9 9 February 2002 Ta'Qali   Malta 2–1 Loss Friendly
10 18 December 2002 Kuwait City   Morocco 1–1 Draw 2002 Arab Nations Cup
11 20 December 2002 Kuwait City   Sudan 2–1 Win 2002 Arab Nations Cup
12 26 August 2003 Amman   Iraq 2–1 Win Friendly

Managerial edit

As of 24 May 2022
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref
Al-Wehdat 21 February 2013[10] 26 May 2015 79 50 18 11 142 48 +94 063.29
Jordan (caretaker) 12 January 2016[11] 15 December 2016[12] 10 2 5 3 8 9 −1 020.00 [13]
Kuwait SC 26 July 2017 2 March 2018 23 15 5 3 53 16 +37 065.22
Al Ansar 30 August 2018 25 May 2019 26 18 4 4 61 22 +39 069.23
Al-Wehdat 30 May 2019 21 November 2021 64 43 10 11 116 38 +78 067.19
Al Ansar 10 January 2022 Present 15 7 6 2 23 9 +14 046.67
Total 217 135 48 34 403 146 +257 062.21 —

Honours edit

Player edit

Al-Wehdat

Al-Wakrah

Jordan

Manager edit

Al-Wehdat

Kuwait SC

Ansar

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Abdullah Abu Zema". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Abdullah Abu Zema". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ^ "عبدالله أبو زمع يعلن اعتزاله كرة القدم". كووورة. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. ^ "عبدالله أبو زمع يعلن اعتزاله كرة القدم". Alghad (in Arabic). 25 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  5. ^ a b "الأردني أبو زمع لكووورة: لقاء الفيصلي والوحدات بطولة منفصلة.. ولهذه الأسباب طلبت تجديد عقد جودت!". كووورة. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  6. ^ "المدرب الأردني أبو زمع لكووورة:أتمنى النجاح مع الكويت الكويتي..والقائمة الآسيوية خلال يومين". كووورة. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. ^ "أبو زمع يقود أول تدريب للوحدات الأردني بحضور جماهيري غفير". كووورة. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  8. ^ "أبو زمع مدربًا لفريق الأنصار اللبناني". جريدة الدستور الاردنية (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  9. ^ "رسميًا.. جمال طه مدربًا للأنصار". كووورة. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  10. ^ الوحدات الأردني يُطيح بمدربه المصري، ويعين عبد الله أبو زمع خلفًا له. Goal.com (in Arabic). 21 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  11. ^ "Put quits as Jordan head coach". Jordan Olympic Committee. 13 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  12. ^ Vinnell, Paul (17 March 2016). "Harry Redknapp confirmed as Jordan manager". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Jordan – FIFA matches". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

External links edit

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