Place of birth Amman, Jordan Name Abdullah Zema Current team Jordan (manager) Role Footballer | Years Team Height 1.78 m 1994–2006 Al-Wehdat | |
Full name Abdullah Mohamed Abu Zema Date of birth (1976-04-04) 4 April 1976 (age 39) Team coached Al-Wehdat SC (Manager, 2013–2015) Similar People Ra'fat Ali, Amer Deeb, Amer Shafi, Munther Abu Amarah, Faisal Ibrahim |
Abdullah Abu Zema is a Jordanian footballer of Palestinian descent, He was the head coach of the Kuwait SC.
Contents
- Career
- Coaching career
- In AFC Asian Cups
- In Pan Arab Games
- In Arab Nations Cup
- In WAFF Championships
- Managerial statistics
- References
Career
Abu Zema officially announced his retirement in playing football at the age of 29 after receiving a strong injury and losing the love of his fans. The mark of his retirement in playing football took place on 1 August 2005 in an international friendly match between his country Jordan and Armenia in Amman, sponsored by Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein. After playing the first five minutes of the match, Abu Zema gave the captain armband to his teammate Haitham Al-Shboul and his #18 jersey shirt to his younger teammate Hassan Abdel-Fattah.
Coaching career
Immediately after his retirement as a football player, Abu Zema became one of the assistant coaches of his national team (2006–09), under head coaches Mahmoud El-Gohary (2006–07) and Nelo Vingada (2007–09) until the Iraqi Adnan Hamad took over coaching the national team. When Dragan Talajić became head manager of Shabab Al-Ordon (2009–10), Abu Zema became his assistant coach ever since then. They both then moved to Abu Zema's home club Al-Wehdat (2010–11). When Ra'fat Ali, one of Abu Zema's companions, took proficiency in Kuwait, Abu Zema and Talajić joined him by coaching his team (2011–12).
Abu Zema had finally become a head coach himself when he began coaching his lifelong club Al-Wehdat in February 2013, succeeding the Egyptian Mohammad Omar who failed to help Al-Wehdat reach the semi-finals of the 2012–13 Jordan Cup losing to Al-Ramtha on penalties in the quarter-finals, and losing to the 2012–13 Jordan league winners Shabab Al-Ordon in the second half of the season. He won the Jordan Premier League with Al-Wehdat in 2013–14 and 2014–15, Jordan FA Cup 2014 and Jordan Super Cup 2014.