Abdelmajid Chetali
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abdelmajid Al-Chetali | ||
Date of birth | 4 July 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Sousse, Tunisia | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1957–1968 |
Étoile du Sahel | ||
International career | |||
1959–1965 | Tunisia | 70 | (4) |
Managerial career | |||
1970–1975 |
Étoile du Sahel | ||
1975–1978 | Tunisia | ||
1979–1980 | Al Ain | ||
1983–1985 |
Al-Wehda[2] | ||
1988 | Bahrain | ||
2004–2005 |
Étoile du Sahel | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Abdelmajid Al-Chetali (
He is considered one of the characters who shaped and prolonged the legend of the Étoile Sportive du Sahel (nicknamed Majda). He received only one yellow card during his career.
As a manager, he led them in their first ever World Cup appearance in
Player career
Born in
He started for the first time in the national team by Yugoslav coach Milan Kristić as a semi-offensive (between the attacking midfielder and the center forward) and he imposed himself in the Tunisian midfield game.
He competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics,[6] but his team lost all of their games and did not score goals. In 1961, he participated in the 1962 African Cup of Nations qualification and qualified Tunisia against Nigeria by scoring away with a goal in the 65th minute, but he missed the finals of the competition because he was a victim as few of his teammates of a Malaria crisis. He nevertheless participated in the 1963 African Cup of Nations after having played and lost the final of the Friendship Games in Dakar against Senegal.
At the
Coaching career
He left the Étoile du Sahel in 1968 and returned as a coach from 1970 to 1975. He made good results winning the Tunisian League and Maghreb Champions Cup in 1972 and two Tunisian Cups in 1974 and 1975.
He graduated from the
However, the team qualified for the first time for the World Cup finals in 1978, becoming the first African team to win a match (against Mexico by 3 goals to 1). However, his team didn't pass the first round because, after this victory, the Tunisians lost their second match against Poland by 1 goal to 0. They then draw with Germany on a virgin score. But this relatively good performance allows the African continent to benefit from an additional place for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, with two places.
With this great achievement and despite the many offers, he preferred to stay away from this training, but he had a short experience in
He returned to
Consultant
He has been a sports consultant for the American TV channel
In March 2007, he was appointed technical advisor to the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.
Managerial statistics
Team | From | To | Record | |||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref | |||
Tunisia | 12 February 1975 | 20 December 1978 | 52 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 34.62 | |
Total | 52 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 34.62 | — |
Honours
As Player
Étoile du Sahel
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 1958, 1963, 1966
- Tunisian Cup: 1959, 1963
Tunisia
- 1965
- 1963
As Manager
Étoile du Sahel
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 1972
- Tunisian Cup: 1974, 1975
- Maghreb Champions Cup: 1973
- Maghreb Cup Winners Cup: 1975
- CAF Champions League runner-up: 2004
Tunisia
- Palestine Cup of Nations: 1973
- African Cup of Nations fourth place: 1978
- Qualification to FIFA World Cup: 1978
Bahrain
- 1988
References
- ^ a b Abdelmajid Chetali at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "الخبير الكروي العربي عبد المجيد الشتالي: أطالب النجم السعودي التمياط بعدم الاحتراف في هولندا".
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Abdelmajid Chetali". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ [1] Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Gulf cup of Nations Managers
- ^ Entraineurs Archived 1 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Étoile du Sahel
- ^ "Abdelmajid Chetali". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
External links
- Abdelmajid Chetali at National-Football-Teams.com