Mustapha Hadji
Hadji in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 November 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Ifrane Atlas-Saghir, Morocco | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1996 | Nancy | 134 | (31) |
| 1996–1997 | Sporting CP | 27 | (3) |
| 1997–1999 | Deportivo | 31 | (2) |
| 1999–2001 | Coventry City | 62 | (12) |
| 2001–2004 | Aston Villa | 35 | (2) |
| 2004 | Espanyol | 16 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Emirates Club | 15 | (5) |
| 2005–2007 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 54 | (10) |
| 2007–2010 | Fola Esch | 44 | (25) |
| Total | 418 | (91) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1993–2004 | Morocco | 63 | (13) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012–2013 | Umm Salal (assistant) | ||
| 2014– | Morocco (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2009. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 January 2010 |
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Mustapha Hadji (born 16 November 1971 in Ifrane Atlas-Saghir) is a retired Moroccan footballer and current assistant manager of Morocco national team. He was named the 50th greatest African player of all time by African football expert Ed Dove.
Hadji was born in Ifrane Atlas-Saghir, Morocco. He emigrated with his family to France when he reached the age of ten.
Hadji began playing football in France. He signed his first contract with AS Nancy where he spent his first season as a youth player before joining the senior squad in his second year with the club.
After playing five seasons for AS Nancy, Hadji joined Sporting and then Deportivo, but it was with Coventry City where he became well known, especially in Britain. After an impressive 1998 FIFA World Cup, where Hadji scoring a memorable goal against Norway, he became much sought after, especially after being named African Footballer of the Year in 1998. He was signed a year later by Gordon Strachan for Coventry.
Hadji was a goal-scoring attacking midfielder with great pace and skillful runs. At Coventry, he was joined by Moroccan international, Youssef Chippo, sparking a brief trend for City fans to wear fezzes to games in their honor. After Coventry were relegated in 2001, he joined local rivals Aston Villa, having scored against them three times in the previous season. But after only playing sporadically, scoring twice in the league against Southampton and Everton and once in the UEFA Cup against Varteks, he was released on a free transfer to Espanyol in Spain in 2004 where he remained until June 2004.
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