Mourad Okbi

Mourad Okbi
Personal information
Full name	Mourad Okbi
Date of birth	1 September 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Kairouan, Tunisia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1989	JS Kairouan
1992–1994	Al-Ahli Club
International career
1987–1995	Tunisia
Managerial career
2000–2002	ES Hammam-Sousse
2002–2004	Najran SC
2004–2005	Al-Shoulla F.C.
2005–2006	Al-Watani
2007	Abha Club
2007	JS Kairouan
2010	Najran SC
2010–2013	JS Kairouan
2013–2014	US Monastir
2014–2015	Stade Gabèsien
2015–2016	Al-Ittihad Kalba SC
2016–2017	Stade Gabèsien
2017–2019	Tunisia (assistant)
2018–2019	Stade Gabèsien
2019	JS Kairouan
2020	Al-Ansar
2021	Al-Nahda
2021	US Monastir
2023	Al-Sahel
2023	USM Khenchela
2023	Olympique Beja
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mourad Okbi (Arabic: مراد عقبي; born 1 September 1965) is a Tunisian retired footballer who played as a defender for the national team, and is currently a manager.

Club career

He started playing with the national team in 1987, collecting 50 appearances in eight years and scored 3 goals. He also participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and the 1994 African Cup of Nations.

He Started his career in 2000 with many Tunisian teams managing ES Hammam-Sousse, JS Kairouan, US Monastir and Stade Gabésien and Saudi teams with Najran SC, Al-Shoulla F.C., Al-Watani and Abha Club and also Emirati teams with Al-Ittihad Kalba SC. On 17 May 2017 he became the assistant of Nabil Maaloul in Tunisia and managed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. After the departure of Nabil Maaloul, Okbi was retained with the new head coach Faouzi Benzarti.

In July 2021, Okbi was appointed as manager of US Monastir he left the club on 4 October 2021 and was succeeded by Faouzi Benzarti.

On 17 March 2023, Okbi was appointed as manager of Al-Sahel.^[2]^[3]

19 August 2023, Okbi was appointed as manager of USM Khenchela.^[4] On 13 November 2023, Okbi left USM Khenchela.^[5]

On 24 November 2023, Okbi was appointed as manager of Olympique Beja.

He quit only 2 months being head coach of de club.

Managerial honours :

(due to COVID-19 the supercup was played in 2021)

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