Mondher Kebaier (; born 2 April 1970) is a Tunisian

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coach and former player who is the manager of

Club Africain Club Africain (), known as CA for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1920 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. ...

Career

Formerly a player at hometown club

CA Bizertin Club Athlétique Bizertin (), known as CA Bizertin or simply CAB for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Bizerte. The club was founded 1928 and its colours are yellow and black. Their home stadium, 15 October Stadium, has a ...

, Kebaier became manager of the club in 2000, following a spell at

AS Djerba Association Sportive de Djerba (, often referred to as ''ASD'') is a football club based in Houmet Es'Souk, Djerba Djerba (; , ; ), also transliterated as Jerba or Jarbah, is a Tunisian island and the largest island of North Africa at ...

that began in 1998. Kebaier thus moved to

AS Kasserine The Avenir Sportif de Kasserine (), known as AS Kasserine or simply ASK for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Kasserine. The club was founded in 1948 and its colours are green and white. Their home stadium, Kasserine Municipal Stadium, ...

, before joining

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for two spells, beginning in 2010. In 2013, Kebaier rejoined Bizertin, winning the 2013

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. In 2014, Kebaier joined

, before moving to

AS Marsa Avenir Sportif de La Marsa (), known as AS Marsa or simply ASM for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1939 Club Musulman and its colours are green and yellow. Their home stadium, Abdelaziz Chtioui Stadium, ...

in the same year, departing in 2016. In 2016, Kebaier joined

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as a youth coach, managing the club for a month at the start of 2018. In August 2019, Kebaier was appointed manager of

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on a three-year contract, replacing the outgoing

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. On 24 September 2022, he was appointed as new coach of

Raja Club Athletic Raja Club Athletic, widely known as Raja Casablanca or simply Raja, is a Football team, football club based in Casablanca, Morocco, that competes in Botola, the top flight of Moroccan football league system, Moroccan football. Founded on 20 M ...

after the early departure of his compatriot

Faouzi Benzarti Faouzi Benzarti (; born 3 January 1950) is a Tunisian professional football manager and former player and current manager. He spent his entire career as a player at his home club US Monastir without any achievements. His coaching career began wh ...

. He became manager of

in February 2024.

Honours

Managerial

CA Bizertin *

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References

1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Bizerte Tunisian men's footballers Men's association football defenders CA Bizertin players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Tunisian football managers AS Djerba managers CA Bizertin managers AS Kasserine managers Étoile Sportive du Sahel managers Club Africain football managers AS Marsa managers Espérance Sportive de Tunis managers Tunisia national football team managers Raja CA managers Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 managers Botola managers 2021 Africa Cup of Nations managers Tunisian expatriate football managers Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Expatriate football managers in Morocco {{Tunisia-footy-defender-stub