Rachid Taoussi

Rachid Taoussi
Personal information
Date of birth	6 February 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Sidi Kacem, Morocco
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Managerial career
Years	Team
1992–1993	Union Sidi Kacem
1993–1995	Morocco U17
1995–2000	Morocco (assistant)
1995–1997	Morocco U20
1997–1999	Morocco U23
1999–2000	FAR Rabat
2000–2002	Morocco (technical director)
2003	Wydad Casablanca
2003–2004	KAC Kenitra
2004–2007	Al Shabab Al Arabi Club (technical director)
2007–2008	FUS Rabat
2008–2010	Al Ain FC (DS)
2010–2012	MAS Fez
2012	FAR Rabat
2012–2013	Morocco
2013	FAR Rabat
2015	MAS Fez
2015–2016	Raja Casablanca
2016–2017	RS Berkane
2017–2018	CR Belouizdad
2018–2019	ES Sétif
2019	Olympique de Khouribga

Rachid Taoussi (Arabic: رشيد الطاوسي – born 6 February 1959) is a Moroccan football manager, businessman, philanthropist, and former player.^[1]^[2]

Coaching career

From 1995 to 2000, Taoussi was the assistant coach of the Morocco national team.^[3]

In 1997, he led the Morocco U20 to the 1997 African Youth Championship title.

On 22 September 2012, Taoussi was appointed as manager of the Morocco national team, replacing Eric Gerets who was sacked a week earlier.^[4]

Career and entrepreneurial activities

Rachid began his professional football career in Paris before joining the family's healthcare business in 1983, where he worked as a medical value partner. In 1992, he co-founded with his brothers manufacturing companies specializing in wood, steel, and cement hospital construction. In 1995, he left the healthcare industry to join the Moroccan national football team.

He is now based in Dubai, investing in various large-scale hospitality and healthcare initiatives.

Personal commitments & donations

In 2020, as part of the fight against COVID-19, Rachid Taoussi created within his group a division specialized in the health sector, and imported 400 million masks intended for the authorities and the medical profession to companies and individuals based in Africa and the Middle East.

In June 2021, the family opened a new factory in Casablanca whose two production lines target 85 million pharmaceutical products per year. The inauguration took place in July 2021, in the presence of the cantonal authorities and the State Councilor responsible for health.

Honours

MAS Fez

Morocco U20

African Youth Championship: 1997

References

^ "Taoussi Itinéraire d'un entraineur comblé". Radio Mars. 25 September 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
^ Officiel : Rachid Taoussi s'engage avec un club algérien‚ lionsdelatlas.ma, 27 December 2017
^ Kalfa, David (22 September 2012). "Rachid Taoussi remplace Gerets au poste de sélectionneur" (in French). RFI. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
^ "La commission a choisi Taoussi" (in French). Mountakhab.net. 22 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

External links

[mars-1] "Taoussi Itinéraire d'un entraineur comblé". Radio Mars. 25 September 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.

[2] Officiel : Rachid Taoussi s'engage avec un club algérien‚ lionsdelatlas.ma, 27 December 2017

[3] Kalfa, David (22 September 2012). "Rachid Taoussi remplace Gerets au poste de sélectionneur" (in French). RFI. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

[4] "La commission a choisi Taoussi" (in French). Mountakhab.net. 22 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

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