Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3 January 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Monastir, Tunisia | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tunisia (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968–1978 | US Monastir | ||
Managerial career | |||
1979–1982 | US Monastir | ||
1986–1987 | Étoile du Sahel | ||
1989–1990 | Club Africain | ||
1991–1992 | Étoile du Sahel | ||
1992–1993 | US Monastir | ||
1993–1994 | Espérance de Tunis | ||
1994 | Tunisia | ||
1995–1996 | CS Sfaxien | ||
1999–2000 | Club Africain | ||
2001 | Sharjah | ||
2002–2003 | Stade Tunisien | ||
2003 | Espérance de Tunis | ||
2005–2006 | US Monastir | ||
2006–2007 | Étoile du Sahel | ||
2007 | Espérance de Tunis | ||
2007–2008 | Libya | ||
2008–2010 | ES Tunis | ||
2010 | Tunisia | ||
2010–2011 | Tunisia | ||
2011 | Club Africain | ||
2012 | Étoile du Sahel | ||
2012 | Sharjah | ||
2012 | Ittihad Kalba | ||
2013–2014 | Raja CA | ||
2014–2017 | Étoile du Sahel | ||
2017 | Espérance de Tunis | ||
2018 | Wydad AC | ||
2018 | Tunisia | ||
2018–2019 | Wydad AC | ||
2019 | Étoile du Sahel | ||
2019–2020 | Libya | ||
2020 | CS Sfaxien | ||
2020–2021 | Wydad AC | ||
2021–2022 | US Monastir | ||
2022 | Al Ahly Benghazi | ||
2022 | Raja CA | ||
2022–2023 | MC Alger | ||
2023 | Étoile du Sahel | ||
2023–2024 | Wydad AC | ||
2024 | Club Africain | ||
2024– | Tunisia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Faouzi Benzarti (Arabic: فوزي البنزرتي; born 3 January 1950) is a Tunisian professional football manager and former player and the current head coach of the Tunisia national team. He spent his entire career as a player at his home club US Monastir without any achievements. His coaching career began and was only 29 years old, making it the youngest Tunisian coach at the time. He is considered one of the most successful coaches in Tunisia. He usually uses offensive play and a high-pressure plan as he is known for his toughness in training and his excessive anger towards his players and referees. During his managerial career, he was in charge of two national teams: the Tunisian[1] and Libyan national football teams, he was also close to signing with the Moroccan team in 2016 before appointing Hervé Renard.
Benzarti managed clubs in Tunisia, Morocco, Oman and United Arab Emirates. The most Tunisian clubs have won titles with him are Étoile du Sahel and Espérance de Tunis. Otherwise, His experiences in the Persian Gulf region were not successful. He achieved good results in Morocco, whether with Raja CA and Wydad Casablanca. Benzarti was chosen as the ninth best African coach of all time. His most important achievement was reaching the final of the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup with Raja CA.