# Abdullah Abu Zema

Abdullah Mohammad Ali Abu Zema (Arabic: عبدالله محمد علي أبو زمع; born 4 April 1976) is a Jordanian professional football coach and former player.

## Playing career

Abu Zema officially announced his retirement in playing football on 25 January 2005, at the age of 29, after sustaining an injury. An international friendly match was played between his country Jordan and Armenia on 1 August 2005 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 as well as his 18 jersey shirt to his younger teammate Hassan Abdel-Fattah and left the field.

## Managerial career
### Assistant coach

After retiring from playing football, 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).

### Head coach

Abu Zema was appointed for the first time as head coach in February 2013, when he joined Jordanian club Al-Wehdat, where he succeeded Egyptian manager Mohammad Omar.
On 11 January 2022, Abu Zema was announced had coach of Ansar. He left at the end of the 2021–22 season.

## Career statistics
### International

| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 18 July 1999 | Amman | Syria | 4–0 | Win | Friendly |
| 2 | 18 August 1999 | Amman | Palestine | 2–0 | Win | 1999 Pan Arab Games |
| 3 | 18 August 1999 | Amman | Palestine | 2–0 | Win | 1999 Pan Arab Games |
| 4 | 31 August 1999 | Amman | Iraq | 4–4 | Draw | 1999 Pan Arab Games |
| 5 | 4 April 2000 | Doha | Palestine | 5–1 | Win | 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 6 | 4 April 2000 | Doha | Palestine | 5–1 | Win | 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 7 | 8 April 2000 | Doha | Qatar | 2–2 | Draw | 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 8 | 23 May 2000 | Amman | Kyrgyzstan | 2–0 | Win | 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship |
| 9 | 9 February 2002 | Ta'Qali | Malta | 2–1 | Loss | Friendly |
| 10 | 18 December 2002 | Kuwait City | Morocco | 1–1 | Draw | 2002 Arab Nations Cup |
| 11 | 20 December 2002 | Kuwait City | Sudan | 2–1 | Win | 2002 Arab Nations Cup |
| 12 | 26 August 2003 | Amman | Iraq | 2–1 | Win | Friendly |

### Managerial

    As of 24 May 2022
| Team | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | From | To | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref |
| Al-Wehdat | 21 February 2013 | 26 May 2015 | 79 | 50 | 18 | 11 | 142 | 48 | +94 | 063.29 | |
| Jordan (caretaker) | 12 January 2016 | 15 December 2016 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 020.00 | |
| Kuwait SC | 26 July 2017 | 2 March 2018 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 16 | +37 | 065.22 | |
| Al Ansar | 30 August 2018 | 25 May 2019 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 22 | +39 | 069.23 | |
| Al-Wehdat | 30 May 2019 | 21 November 2021 | 64 | 43 | 10 | 11 | 116 | 38 | +78 | 067.19 | |
| Al Ansar | 10 January 2022 | Present | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 046.67 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 217 | 135 | 48 | 34 | 403 | 146 | +257 | 062.21 | — |

## Honours
### Player

Al-Wehdat
* Jordan League: 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–07, 1997, 2004–05
* Jordan FA Cup: 1996, 1997, 2000
* Jordan Super Cup: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005
* Jordan Shield Cup: 1995, 2002, 2004
Al-Wakrah
* Qatar Stars League: 2000–01
Jordan
* Pan Arab Games: 1997, 1999

### Manager

Al-Wehdat
* Jordanian Pro League: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2020
* Jordan FA Cup: 2013–14
* Jordan Super Cup: 2014, 2021
* Jordan Shield Cup: 2020
Kuwait SC
* Kuwait Super Cup: 2017
Ansar
* Lebanese FA Cup runner-up: 2021–22