21 Facts About Sabri Lamouchi

Sabri Lamouchi was born on 9 November 1971 and is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Sabri Lamouchi was born in Lyon, France, and is of Tunisian descent.

Sabri Lamouchi started his professional career with Ales and then moved to Auxerre for four years.

Sabri Lamouchi then went on to join Monaco, who he helped to the Ligue 1 title in 2000, before being snapped up by Parma of Italy.

Sabri Lamouchi had a spell at Genoa before joining Marseille on loan the following year.

Sabri Lamouchi played for Marseille for six further months, until he announced that he was leaving the club on 18 September 2006, although his contract ran until June 2007.

In 2006, Sabri Lamouchi moved to Al-Rayyan in the Qatar Stars League, where he scored a spectacular goal in his first match.

Sabri Lamouchi holds Tunisian and French nationalities by birth since he was born in France before 1994 to parents born in French protectorate of Tunisia before its independence.

Sabri Lamouchi then was capped with the French A' team.

Sabri Lamouchi was capped 12 times and scored one goal for the France national team.

Sabri Lamouchi made his debut in 1996 and was a member of the French European Championship squad the same year.

Sabri Lamouchi was in France's 28 men-preliminary squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil.

Sabri Lamouchi resigned from the position following Les Elephants' exit from the competition.

On 8 November 2017, Sabri Lamouchi became the manager of French side Rennes.

Sabri Lamouchi led the team to a 5th place synonymous with Europa League qualification.

Sabri Lamouchi enjoyed a strong start to the season and won the league's Manager of the Month award for September 2019.

On 19 June 2020, Nottingham Forest announced that Sabri Lamouchi had signed an extension to his managerial contract.

On 6 October 2020, Sabri Lamouchi's contract was terminated and he was immediately replaced by Chris Hughton.

In October 2020, Sabri Lamouchi was appointed manager of Qatari side Al-Duhail.

On 27 January 2023, Sabri Lamouchi returned to British football when he was appointed as manager of Welsh club Cardiff City.

On 12 July 2024, Sabri Lamouchi was appointed manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Riyadh.