Zaki will join the Royal Moroccan Football Federation’s technical team.
Rabat – The leadership of the Moroccan football club Difaa Hassani d’El Jadida (DHJ) announced in a Facebook post the departure of its renowned coach Badou Zaki on Monday, December 23, to join the national Moroccan football team.
DHJ canceled the contract by mutual consent at the request of Zaki, responding to a request from the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) to hire on the coach in service to the entire country.
Zaki will work with the Atlas Lions manager Vahid Halilhodzic who took over from Herve Renard after his resignation in July 2019.
Zaki, who coached Morocco’s national football team from 2002 to 2005 and from 2014 to 2016, will join the technical staff of the FRMF. His position within the directorate is not yet known.
The 60-year-old coach leaves DHJ ranked fifth of all Moroccan teams in the Moroccan Botola Pro league.
