Driss Bamous

Driss Bamous (15 December 1942 – 16 April 2015) was a Moroccan football midfielder. He was also a trained professional soldier at the military academy of Saint Cyr, France.

Driss Bamous

Bamous at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Driss Bamous
Date of birth	(1942-12-15)15 December 1942
Place of birth	Berrechid, Morocco
Date of death	16 April 2015(2015-04-16) (aged 72)
Place of death	Rabat, Morocco
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1975	FAR Rabat
International career
1963–1971	Morocco[1]	43	(9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Bamous played club football for FAR Rabat in the Botola. Bamous played for the Morocco national football team at the 1964 Summer Olympics^[2] and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals.^[3] Following his playing career, Bamous became the president of the FRMF and organized the 1988 African Cup of Nations in Morocco.^[4] In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.^[5] He was promoted to brigadier general of the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie in 2003.^[4]

Death

Bamous died in Rabat from a long-term illness.^[6]