:Sabri Lamouchi

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sabri Lamouchi

| image = Sabri Lamouchi - Portrait 2022.jpg

| caption = Lamouchi in 2022

| full_name = Sabri Lamouchi{{cite web |url=https://www.verif.com/dirigeants/Sabri-LAMOUCHI-J27554617/ |title=Sabri Lamouchi |website=Verif.com |access-date=9 March 2025 |language=fr}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|9|df=y}}{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur2756.html |title=Sabri Lamouchi |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=20 August 2022 |language=fr}}

| birth_place = Lyon, France

| height = 1.75 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1977–1982

| youthyears2 = 1982–1989

| youthclubs1 = AS Lyon-Duchère

| youthclubs2 = Cascol Oullins

| years1 = 1990–1994

| years2 = 1994–1998

| years3 = 1998–2000

| years4 = 2000–2003

| years5 = 2003–2005

| years6 = 2004–2005

| years7 = 2005–2006

| years8 = 2006–2007

| years9 = 2007–2008

| years10 = 2009

| clubs1 = Alès

| clubs2 = Auxerre

| clubs3 = Monaco

| clubs4 = Parma

| clubs5 = Inter Milan

| clubs6 = → Genoa (loan)

| clubs7 = Marseille

| clubs8 = Al-Rayyan

| clubs9 = Umm-Salal

| clubs10 = Al-Kharitiyath

| caps1 = 106

| caps2 = 129

| caps3 = 56

| caps4 = 90

| caps5 = 16

| caps6 = 20

| caps7 = 36

| caps8 = 7

| caps9 = 10

| goals1 = 26

| goals2 = 19

| goals3 = 4

| goals4 = 7

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 1

| goals7 = 5

| goals8 = 6

| goals9 = 1

| totalcaps = 470

| totalgoals = 79

| nationalyears1 = 1996–2001

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 12

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 2012–2014

| managerclubs1 = Ivory Coast

| manageryears2 = 2014–2017

| managerclubs2 = El Jaish

| manageryears3 = 2017–2018

| managerclubs3 = Rennes

| manageryears4 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs4 = Nottingham Forest

| manageryears5 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs5 = Al-Duhail

| manageryears6 = 2023

| managerclubs6 = Cardiff City

| manageryears7 = 2024–2025

| managerclubs7 = Al-Riyadh

}}

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

During his 19-year playing career, Lamouchi played for clubs in France, Italy and Qatar.

Early life

Lamouchi was born in Lyon, France, and is of Tunisian descent.{{cite news |last1=Fisher |first1=Ben |title=Lamouchi relishing Nottingham Forest baptism in 'worst league in the world' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/02/sabri-lamouchi-nottingham-forest-manager-worst-league-world-premier-league |access-date=9 November 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=2 August 2019 |location=London}}

Club career

Lamouchi started his professional career with Alès and then moved to Auxerre for four years. He then went on to join Monaco, who he helped to the Ligue 1 title in 2000, before being snapped up by Parma of Italy. He later moved to Inter Milan.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

Lamouchi had a spell at Genoa before joining Marseille on loan the following year. In January 2006, the loan deal was made a permanent move. He 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.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

In 2006, Lamouchi moved to Al-Rayyan in the Qatar Stars League, where he scored a spectacular goal in his first match. The next season, he joined Umm-Salal.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

In January 2009, Lamouchi transferred to Al-Kharitiyath.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

International career

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.{{cite web|title=Sabri Lamouchi Afrique Mag|website=philippeblanchot.com|language=fr|access-date=30 August 2023|url=http://www.philippeblanchot.com/publications/Publications%20Afrique%20Magazine%20pdf/Sabri%20Lamouchi%20Afrique%20Mag.pdf }} In 1994, he refused to play with the Tunisian national team. He then was capped with the French A' team.{{cite web | url=http://fr.1001mags.com/parution/le-foot/numero-34-mars-1995/page-12-13-texte-integral | title=Le Foot n°34 mars 1995 - Page 12 - 13 - le Foot n°34 mars 1995 - le Foot - football - collectifs - Sports - 1001mags - Magazines en PDF à 1 € et GRATUITS ! }}

Lamouchi was capped 12 times and scored one goal for the France national team. He made his debut in 1996 and was a member of the French European Championship squad the same year. He was in France's 28 men-preliminary squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil. However he was one of the six players axed by head coach Aimé Jacquet just before the tournament began. The team went on to win the tournament.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FOOTBALL%3A+FRANCE+AXE+ANELKA%3B+Gunners+kid+out+of+this+world.-a060641068|title=FRANCE AXE ANELKA; Gunners kid out of this world.|publisher=thefreelibrary.com|date=24 May 1998 |access-date=7 November 2013}}

Managerial career

=Ivory Coast=

In May 2012, he became manager of the Ivory Coast national team, his first managerial position. The Elephants qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, ranked 23rd at the time – highest ranked in Africa – and started their group play with a 2–1 victory over Japan. That was followed by a 2–1 loss to group favourite Colombia. On his last game as Ivory Coast's manager, he and his team lost 2–1 against Greece and they were eliminated from the FIFA World Cup. The team featured stars such as Yaya Touré, Gervinho, Wilfried Bony and Didier Drogba. Lamouchi resigned from the position following Les Elephants' exit from the competition.{{cite web|title=Ivory Coast coach Sabri Lamouchi steps down|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28011550|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=25 June 2014|date=25 June 2014}}

=Rennes=

On 8 November 2017, Lamouchi became the manager of French side Rennes. He led the team to a 5th place synonymous with Europa League qualification. On 3 December 2018 after a string of poor results, he was sacked from the club.{{cite news|title=Sabri Lamouchi mis à pied par Rennes |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Sabri-lamouchi-mis-a-pied-par-rennes/964709|work=L'Équipe|date=3 December 2018|language=FR}}

=Nottingham Forest=

==2019–20 season==

On 28 June 2019, following the departure of Martin O'Neill, it was announced that Lamouchi would become head coach of Nottingham Forest for the 2019–20 season.{{cite news |title=Sabri Lamouchi: Nottingham Forest appoint Frenchman 18 minutes after sacking Martin O'Neill |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48800839 |access-date=9 November 2019 |date=28 June 2019}} He enjoyed a strong start to the season and won the league's Manager of the Month award for September 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.efl.com/news/2019/october/september-manager-of-the-month-winners/|title=September Manager of the Month winners|website=EFL|date=11 October 2019|access-date=24 December 2019}} On 19 June 2020, Nottingham Forest announced that Lamouchi had signed an extension to his managerial contract.{{Cite web|title=Sabri Lamouchi: Nottingham Forest head coach signs contract extension|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11727/12010674/sabri-lamouchi-nottingham-forest-head-coach-signs-contract-extension|access-date=1 August 2020|website=Sky Sports|language=en}} Forest were in the play-off positions for nearly the whole season, but missed out by finishing seventh on the final day of the season after being beaten at home 1–4 by Stoke City.{{Cite news|date=22 July 2020|title=Nottingham Forest 1-4 Stoke: Forest lose play-off place to Swansea|language=en-gb|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53412704|access-date=1 August 2020}} Lamouchi had guided Forest to their highest league position since the 2010–11 season, and also became the first Forest manager to complete a full season in over nine years.{{Cite news|last=Taylor|first=Paul|title=Forest will not sack Lamouchi – but there will be big changes this summer|url=https://theathletic.com/1959914/2020/07/30/forest-lamouchi-owners-safe/|access-date=1 August 2020|website=The Athletic}}

==2020–21 season==

Following Forest's disappointing end to the season, Lamouchi flew to Athens to meet with the Forest board, including Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis, where it was decided that Lamouchi would remain as Forest's Head Coach. To improve on the shortcomings of the previous season, four new additions were made to Lamouchi's coaching staff, along with a change in transfer strategy that would place a greater focus on domestic signings.{{Cite news|last=Taylor|first=Paul|title=Changes on and off the pitch - Forest hope they have found the right balance|url=https://theathletic.com/2005507/2020/08/19/nottingham-forest-sabri-lamouchi-lyle-taylor-jack-colback-tyler-blackett/|access-date=2020-08-27|website=The Athletic}}

On 5 September 2020, Nottingham Forest were knocked out of the League Cup in a 1–0 defeat to Barnsley. In a video call to the squad following that game, Marinakis described the result as a 'humiliation' to the football club that Forest would lose twice to a club that had barely survived relegation the previous season. It was clear that Marinakis' patience with Lamouchi was running out, and Marinakis angrily told Albert Adomah and João Carvalho that they could leave the club without consulting Lamouchi.{{Cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Daniel|last2=Taylor|first2=Paul|title=How Sabri Lamouchi's Nottingham Forest reign came crashing down|url=https://theathletic.com/2094888/2020/10/06/nottingham-forest-sabri-lamouchi-evangelos-marinakis-sacked/|access-date=2020-10-06|website=The Athletic}}

On 6 October 2020, Lamouchi's contract was terminated and he was immediately replaced by Chris Hughton.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/oct/06/nottingham-forest-sack-sabri-lamouchi-as-manager-after-terrible-start-to-season|title=Nottingham Forest hire Chris Hughton following sacking of Sabri Lamouchi|website=The Guardian|date=6 October 2020|access-date=6 October 2020}} Forest had lost all five competitive games of the new season, and had failed to win in their last eleven games.{{Cite web|title=Matches - Nottingham Forest|url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/matches/fixtures/|access-date=2020-10-06|website=www.nottinghamforest.co.uk}}

=Al-Duhail=

In October 2020, Lamouchi was appointed manager of Qatari side Al-Duhail.{{cite web |title=الدحيل يبدأ عهد لموشي |url=https://www.raya.com/2020/10/15/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A3-%D8%B9%D9%87%D8%AF-%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A/ |website=جريدة الراية |language=ar |date=14 October 2020}} On 9 August 2021, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.{{Cite news |date=9 August 2021 |title=Termination of the contract with Lamouchi by mutual consent |work=Al-Duhail |url=https://duhailsc.qa/en/football/news/18201-%D8%A5%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A.html |access-date=9 March 2022}}

=Cardiff City=

On 27 January 2023, Lamouchi returned to British football when he was appointed as manager of Welsh club Cardiff City.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64415848|title=Sabri Lamouchi: Cardiff City appoint third manager of season|work=BBC Sport |date=27 January 2023}} Despite successfully helping the team steer clear of relegation at the end of the 2022-3 season, on 16 May 2023, Cardiff City announced that Lamouchi would leave the club at the end of his contract.{{Cite web |date=17 May 2023 |title=Sabri Lamouchi leaves Cardiff City after talks with owner Vincent Tan fail |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65611275 |access-date=2 June 2023 |website=BBC Sport}}

=Al-Riyadh=

On 12 July 2024, Lamouchi was appointed manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Riyadh.{{cite web |title=مدرب الأفيال يقود كتيبة الرياض |url=https://arriyadiyah.com/844355}}

Managerial statistics

{{updated|match played 17 April 2025}}{{cite web |title=Sabri Lamouchi |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/coaches/sabri-lamouchi/246065/|work=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=2 March 2020}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="7"\|Record
{{Tooltip\|G\|Games managed}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Games won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip\|Win %\|Winning percentage}}
align=left\|Ivory Coast \|align=left\|28 May 2012 \|align=left\|25 June 2014 {{WDL\|28\|14\|7\|7}}
align=left\|El Jaish \|align=left\|27 December 2014 \|align=left\|1 July 2017 {{WDL\|92\|50\|16\|26}}
align=left\|Rennes \|align=left\|8 November 2017 \|align=left\|3 December 2018 {{WDL\|50\|19\|13\|18}}
align=left\|Nottingham Forest \|align=left\|28 June 2019 \|align=left\|6 October 2020 {{WDL\|55\|20\|16\|19}}
align=left\|Al-Duhail \|align=left\|14 October 2020 \|align=left\|9 August 2021 {{WDL\|37\|21\|5\|11}}
align=left\|Cardiff City \|align=left\|27 January 2023 \|align=left\|16 May 2023 {{WDL\|18\|6\|2\|10}}
align=left\|Al-Riyadh \|align=left\|12 July 2024 \|align=left\|19 April 2025 {{WDL\|30\|10\|7\|13}}
colspan="3"\|Total {{WDLtot\|310\|140\|66\|104}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="7"|Record

!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}

!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

align=left|Ivory Coast

|align=left|28 May 2012

|align=left|25 June 2014

align=left|El Jaish

|align=left|27 December 2014

|align=left|1 July 2017

align=left|Rennes

|align=left|8 November 2017

|align=left|3 December 2018

align=left|Nottingham Forest

|align=left|28 June 2019

|align=left|6 October 2020

align=left|Al-Duhail

|align=left|14 October 2020

|align=left|9 August 2021

align=left|Cardiff City

|align=left|27 January 2023

|align=left|16 May 2023

align=left|Al-Riyadh

|align=left|12 July 2024

|align=left|19 April 2025

colspan="3"|Total

Honours

=Player=

Auxerre

Monaco

Division 1: 1999–2000

Parma

Coppa Italia: 2001–02

Marseille

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2005{{Cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round=2188/Match=81581/Report=LU.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060531214209/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round=2188/Match=81581/Report=LU.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-05-31 |title=Marseille 5-1 Deportivo (Aggregate: 5 - 3)|publisher=UEFA |access-date=14 June 2020}}

=Manager=

El Jaish

Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2016

Individual

EFL Championship Manager of the Month: September 2019, January 2020{{Cite web|title=Sky Bet Championship: Manager and Player of the Month January winners|url=https://www.efl.com/news/2020/february/sky-bet-championship-manager-and-player-of-the-month-january-winners/|access-date=1 August 2020|website=www.efl.com|language=en-gb}}