43 Facts About Dino Maamria

1.

Noureddine "Dino" Maamria was born on 18 February 1974 and is a Tunisian football manager and former player who played as a striker.

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Dino Maamria is the manager of League One club Burton Albion.

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Dino Maamria left the club in 1994, and spent a season at CO Transports.

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Dino Maamria moved to England in 1996, and joined Burnley.

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Dino Maamria joined Conference National club Doncaster Rovers in 1998, spending two years there.

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Dino Maamria left the club after making 10 appearances, joining Charleston Battery of the USL First Division.

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Dino Maamria made nine appearances for Charleston, before rejoining Stevenage in September 2003.

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8.

Dino Maamria made the transition from playing to coaching and management, managing Northwich Victoria, Southport and Nuneaton Town in non-League.

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Later that month, Dino Maamria was appointed as head coach of Oldham Athletic.

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Dino Maamria has been a first-team coach and assistant manager at Stevenage, Preston North End, Newport County and Burton Albion.

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Dino Maamria is the youngest of seven siblings, having five brothers and one sister.

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Dino Maamria stated he came from a "poor background", living in a tent until he was four years old.

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The family owned two goats, one of which Dino Maamria named 'Gary' after footballer Gary Lineker.

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Dino Maamria always wanted to be a footballer since watching the 1978 FIFA World Cup in which the Tunisian team made their first appearance in the finals.

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Dino Maamria came through the youth system at AS Marsa in his native Tunisia, making his first-team debut in 1992.

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Dino Maamria has described it as one of the "proudest moments" of his career, owing this to the match being played in front of the Tunisian President, as well as the stadium being full of spectators.

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Dino Maamria briefly played for CO Transports, who played in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, leaving the club in 1995.

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Dino Maamria started his English career with Burnley in 1996.

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Dino Maamria made 39 appearances and scored 11 goals for the club, and was released by Doncaster in June 2000.

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Dino Maamria joined Southport in July 2000, making 25 appearances and scoring five goals for the club.

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Dino Maamria joined Leigh RMI in August 2001, combining playing for the club with a coaching job at his former employers, Burnley.

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Dino Maamria made 58 appearances and scored 26 goals for the club.

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Dino Maamria joined Stevenage Borough for a five-figure fee in February 2003.

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Dino Maamria rejoined Stevenage in September 2003 after receiving international clearance.

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Dino Maamria made one appearance for the Tunisia under-21 team in 1991.

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26.

Dino Maamria helped develop players such as Jay Rodriguez during his time there.

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Dino Maamria gained his UEFA 'B' licence in 1999 and earned his 'A' licence two years later, both whilst playing in the early stages of his career in England.

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In June 2000, Dino Maamria went on a two-week course at Lilleshall in order to get an FA coaching badge.

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Whilst playing for Conference Premier club Northwich Victoria towards the end of his playing career, Dino Maamria was made caretaker manager in October 2007.

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Dino Maamria was placed on gardening leave for "reasons still unconfirmed" in September 2008, and was sacked by Northwich "following an internal investigation surrounding his suspension" on 23 October 2008.

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Dino Maamria subsequently rejoined former club Stevenage as part of Graham Westley's coaching team in November 2008, appointed as the club's first-team coach.

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Shortly after joining, Dino Maamria recommended Stevenage sign Mark Roberts, who he had previously managed at Northwich, with Roberts stating he joined the club because of Dino Maamria's belief and desire.

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In January 2012, Dino Maamria joined fellow League One club Preston North End as first-team coach after Westley was appointed as the club's manager.

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Dino Maamria left the club when Westley was sacked on 9 March 2017.

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Dino Maamria was appointed manager of National League club Southport on 19 November 2015, his first managerial role since keeping Northwich Victoria in the same division seven years earlier.

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Dino Maamria returned to Southport having played for the club during three separate spells in his playing career.

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Dino Maamria was named Manager of the Month for December 2015.

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Dino Maamria left Southport on 14 March 2016, five months after joining, citing "family and travel reasons" as the reasons behind his departure.

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Dino Maamria was named as manager of Nuneaton Town of the National League North on 28 October 2017.

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Dino Maamria discussed a need to "manage expectations" given the club's lowly position and highlighted the defence as an area in need of improvement if the club were to start climbing the table.

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Dino Maamria was appointed as manager of League Two club Stevenage on 20 March 2018, having previously played for the club and been first-team coach and assistant manager in separate spells.

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Dino Maamria was sacked on 9 September 2019 after a poor start to the season.

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On 19 September 2019, Dino Maamria was appointed as head coach of League Two club Oldham Athletic.