Moussa Bezaz

Moussa Bezaz

Personal information
Date of birth	December 30, 1957
Place of birth	Grarem, French Algeria
Playing position	Manager former Defender
Youth career
	Épinal
	Sochaux
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1976–1983	Sochaux	126	(4)
1983–1985	Rennes	16	(0)
1985–1987	Épinal
1987–1989	Chaumont
National team
	France U-23
Teams managed
1987–1991	Chaumont
1991–1997	Charleville
1997–1998	Épinal
1999–2002	Nancy (Reserves)
2002	Nancy
2009–2011	Palestine
2011	Bahrain U-19
2011–	Lebanon (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Moussa Bezaz (Arabic: موسى بزاز) (born 30 December 1957) is a French-Algerian former footballer and football manager. His nephew is the Algerian footballer Yacine Bezzaz.^[1]

Career

Born in Algeria, Bezaz spent his whole career in France, playing as a defender for Sochaux, Rennes, Épinal^[2] and Chaumont, where he began his coaching career.

He also played several times for the France national youth football team,^[3] and therefore never played for Algeria.

Coaching career

Bezaz coached Chaumont, Charleville, Épinal and Nancy in France.^[4] He was named Palestine national football team manager in July 2009.^[5][6]

References

1. http://www.dzfoot.com/article-199.php
2. http://sas.wmi.fr/pages_new/archives/historique/historique6.htm
3. http://www.asnl.net/pages/club/entraineurs.html
4. Garin, Erik (12 July 2007). "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
5. http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/20090703_104235_moussa-bezaz-nomme-selectionneur.html
6. http://fr.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1078744.html

• Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.