Abdel Bouhazama

Abdelaziz "Abdel" Bouhazama (born 4 January 1969) is a French professional football manager and former player. As a player, he was a midfielder.

Abdel Bouhazama

Personal information
Full name	Abdelaziz Bouhazama
Date of birth	(1969-01-04) 4 January 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth	Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1987	Abarán
1988–1990	Grenoble B
1990–1996	Grenoble
1996–1997	Tours
1997–2002	Châtellerault
2002–2003	Tours	27	(0)
Managerial career
2003–2004	Tours (assistant)
2004–2005	Tours B
2005–2006	Tours B (assistant)
2007–2009	Saint-Étienne (youth)
2009–2013	Saint-Étienne U19
2015–2017	Angers U19
2017–2022	Angers B
2021–2022	Angers U19
2022–2023	Angers
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Managerial career

During his time as the head of Angers's youth academy, Bouhazama was accused of mistreating young players of the club.^[1] He has been accused of humiliating, insulting, intimidating, and threatening players, and his management style has been described as "management by terror". Several former players of Angers's academy, such as Pierre Freuchet and Joseph Séry, have explicitly testified against Bouhazama.^[2]

On 24 November 2022, Angers manager Gérald Baticle was suspended by the club, and replaced by Bouhazama on an interim basis.^[3][4] The former was eventually sacked on 22 December, with Bouhazama taking charge of the team following the conclusion of the break for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[5] He made his Ligue 1 managerial debut on 28 December, an eventual 1–0 defeat away to Ajaccio.^[6] On 5 January 2023, one day after his 54th birthday, Bouhazama was confirmed as head coach of Angers on a permanent basis following his interim spell.^[7][8]

Bouhazama resigned on 7 March 2023 after making inappropriate remarks during a pre-match team talk preceding a 5–0 defeat against Montpellier two days earlier.^[9] He reportedly had justified the inclusion of Ilyes Chetti, who had been charged for sexual assault a month prior, in Angers's starting lineup by saying "it's not that serious, we have all touched girls".^[10]

Personal life

Born in France, Bouhazama is of Moroccan descent.^[11]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 7 March 2023

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Angers	24 November 2022	7 March 2023	14	1	4	9	007.14	[citation needed]
Total			14	1	4	9	007.14	—

Honours

Manager

Saint-Étienne U19

• Coupe Gambardella runner-up: 2010–11, 2011–12^{[citation needed]}

Angers B

• Championnat National 3: 2018–19^{[citation needed]}