Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | September 21, 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Onnaing, France | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Algeria A' | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1969–1979 | NA Hussein Dey | ||
1979–1987 | JS Kabylie | ||
National team | |||
1973–1986 | Algeria | 66 | (6) |
Teams managed | |||
1989–1990 | JS Kabylie | ||
1993 | MC Alger | ||
1993–1994 | Chabab Mohammédia | ||
1994–1995 | MC Oran | ||
1995–1996 | Algeria | ||
1996–1998 | Olympique Béja | ||
1999 | AS Marsa | ||
1999–2000 | Olympique Béja | ||
2000–2001 | US Monastir | ||
2001 | Espérance de Tunis | ||
2003–2004 | CA Bizerte | ||
2004–2005 | Algeria | ||
2011 | Algeria A' | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Ali Fergani (Arabic: علي فرقاني) (born September 21, 1952 in Onnaing, France) is an Algerian association football manager and former footballer. He is currently managing the Algeria A' national football team. He played at the midfield position as a playmaker.
Fergani played club football for NA Hussein Dey and JE Tizi-Ouzou. Fergani played for the Algeria national football team at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also took part in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.
In 1981, Fergani came third in a run for an African Footballer of the Year award.
Upon his retirement, Fergani was appointed as an assistant manager of Algeria national football team, as well as the coach of his former club JS Kabylie. His managing career took off to a good start as he won the 1990 African Cup of Nations in his homeland. Fergani was re-appointed as the coach of Algeria national team in 1995, but was dismissed just one year later, after a defeat to Kenya.
After leaving the national team, Fergani coached several Tunisian sides, including Club Athletic Bizertin,Union Sportive Monastir and Stade Tunisien, among others.