Abdullah Abu Zema

Abdullah Abu Zema
Personal information
Full name Abdullah Mohamed Abu Zema
Date of birth (1976-04-04) 4 April 1976
Place of birth Amman, Jordan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Jordan (manager)
Youth career
Al-Wehdat
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2006 Al-Wehdat
2000 → Al-Wakrah (loan)
National team
1996–2004 Jordan 82 (13)
Teams managed
2013–2015 Al-Wehdat
2016– Jordan (caretaker)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Abdullah Abu Zema (born 4 April 1976) is a Jordanian former footballer of Palestinian descent who is currently the manager of Jordan national team. He was the manager of Al-Wehdat from 2013 to 2015 and Jordan in 2016.

Career

Abu Zema officially announced his retirement in playing football at the age of 29 after receiving a strong injury and losing the love of his fans. The mark of his retirement in playing football took place on 1 August 2005 in an international friendly match between his country Jordan and Armenia in Amman, sponsored by Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein. After playing the first five minutes of the match, Abu Zema passed on the captain armband to his teammate Haitham Al-Shboul, and his #18 jersey shirt to his young teammate of Al-Wahdat SC Hassan Abdel-Fattah.

Coaching career

Immediately after his retirement as a football player, Abu Zema became one of the assistant coaches of his national team (2006–09), under head coaches Mahmoud El-Gohary (2006–07) 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). 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). It was then Amer Deeb, another companion of Abu Zema, when he took proficiency in Ittihad Kalba' of the UAE.

Abu Zema had finally become a head coach himself when he began coaching his lifelong club, Al-Wehdat, in February 2013 succeeding the Egyptian Mohammad Omar after failing to help Al-Wehdat reach the semi-finals of the 2012–13 Jordan Cup losing to Al-Ramtha on penalties in the quarter-finals, and losing to the 2012–13 Jordan league winners, Shabab Al-Ordon, in the second half of the season. He won the Jordan Premier League with Al-Wehdat in 2013–14 and 2014–15, Jordan FA Cup 2014 and Jordan Super Cup 2014, he demitted after losing from round of 16 of AFC Cup.

Honours and participation in international tournaments

In AFC Asian Cups

In Pan Arab Games

In Arab Nations Cup

In WAFF Championships

Career statistics

International goals

# 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 6 April 2000 Doha  Pakistan 5–0 Win 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
8 8 April 2000 Doha  Qatar 2–2 Draw 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
9 23 May 2000 Amman  Kyrgyzstan 2–0 Win 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship
10 9 February 2002 Ta'Qali  Malta 2–1 Loss Friendly
11 18 December 2002 Kuwait City  Morocco 1–1 Draw 2002 Arab Nations Cup
12 20 December 2002 Kuwait City  Sudan 2–1 Win 2002 Arab Nations Cup
13 26 August 2003 Amman  Iraq 2–1 Win Friendly

Managerial statistics

As of 15 November 2016
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref
Al-Wehdat 21 February 2013[1] 26 May 2015 79 50 18 11 142 48 +94 63.29
Jordan (caretaker) 12 January 2016[2] 17 March 2016[3] 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.000 [4]
Jordan

(caretaker)

 29 March 2016 Present 9 1 5 3 7 9 −2 11.11 [4]
Total 89 52 23 14 150 57 +93 58.43 —

References

  1. ↑ الوحدات الأردني يُطيح بمدربه المصري، ويعين عبد الله أبو زمع خلفًا له. Goal.com (in Arabic). 21 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Put quits as Jordan head coach". Jordan Olympic Committee. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Vinnell, Paul (17 March 2016). "Harry Redknapp confirmed as Jordan manager". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Jordan – FIFA matches". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

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