Ammar Souayah (; born 11 June 1957) is a Tunisian football manager and former player and the current head coach of

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Playing career

Souayah played in the second and third divisions of Tunisia.

Managerial career

Tunisia national team

In 2002, Ammar Souayah signed as the coach of the Tunisia national team and led the team at the

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. Tunisia began the tournament with a 2–0 defeat against

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then drew 1–1 against strong

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but was defeated 2–0 against co-host

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and eliminated in the group stage. He coached

Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif () known as CS Hammam-Lif or simply CSHL for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Hammam-Lif. The club was founded in 1944 and its colours are green and white. Their home stadium, Bou Kornine Stadium, has a ca ...

and

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Al Shabab Riyadh

On 23 January 2014, he was appointed the head coach of Al Shabab, replacing Belgian

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. He performed well with Al Shabab in the

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group stages. Al Shabab played 6 matches, 5 won and 1 lost.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Al Shabab *

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: 2014

References

1957 births Living people Tunisian men's footballers Footballers from Tunis Tunisian football managers 2002 FIFA World Cup managers Saudi Pro League managers CS Hammam-Lif managers Étoile Sportive du Sahel managers Al-Tai FC managers Al-Hazem F.C. managers Al Raed FC managers Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) managers Ohod Club managers Tunisian expatriate football managers Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Men's association football players not categorized by position {{Tunisia-footy-bio-stub