Ezzaki Badou

Ezzaki Badou (born 2 April 1959), nicknamed Zaki, is a Moroccan football coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He manages Sudan.
Playing career
Born in Sidi Kacem, Zaki represented AS Salé, Wydad AC, RCD Mallorca and Fath Union Sport during a 17-year professional career. With Mallorca, for which he signed in 1986 after being named by France Football as African Footballer of the Year, he won promotion to La Liga in 1989 while winning the Ricardo Zamora Trophy.
Zaki played for the Morocco national team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup and four Africa Cup of Nations. In the former tournament, held in Mexico, he helped his country to the round-of-16; additionally, the recipient of 76 full caps competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
In 2006, Zaki was selected by the Confederation of African Football as one of the best 200 African footballers of the last 50 years.
Coaching career
Zaki retired in 1993 at the age of 34, immediately becoming a manager. In 2002, after coaching a host of clubs, including former sides FUS and WAC, he was appointed at the helm of Morocco, leaving his post after three years and returning in May 2014. He managed to create a young group and qualify the national team for the African Cup then organized in Tunisia in 2004 without the slightest defeat. During this CAN, Morocco was far from favorite, however, from the first match, the Atlas Lions gave a hunch that the team will go far in the competition. Zaki's protégés reach the final by losing to Tunisia 2 goals to 1. He left by mutual consent in February 2016.
Zaki subsequently returned to club duties, going on to be in charge of several sides.
On 9 July 2017, Zaki was named as the coach of IR Tanger.
On 12 March 2023, he was named as coach of Sudan, with his salary being paid by the Saudi Arabian FA as part of a co-operation agreement. In managing his first game for Sudan, he managed to claim a 1-0 victory against Gabon in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
Honours
Player
Wydad Casablanca
Botola: 1977–78, 1985–86
Coupe du Trône: 1978, 1979, 1981
Mohammed V Cup: 1979
RCD Mallorca
Copa del Rey: Runners-up 1990–91
Manager
Wydad Casablanca
Coupe du Trône: 1998
CAF Cup runner-up: 1999
Arab Club Champions Cup runner-up: 2009
CR Belouizdad
Cup of Algeria: 2017
Morocco
Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2004
Individual
Best Moroccan Player: 1979, 1981, 1986, 1988
Best Moroccan Goalkeeper: 1978, 1979, 1986
CAF African Footballer of the Year: 1986
Best Arab player of the year: 1986
Golden Ball best coach in Algeria: 2017
Ricardo Zamora Trophy: 1988–89
La Liga best goalkeeper: 1988, 1989, 1990
Best Arab goalkeeper of the 20th century
IFFHS Best African goalkeeper of the 20th century
IFFHS All-time Morocco Men's Dream Team
References
External links
Real Mallorca bio
1959 births
Living people
People from Sidi Kacem
Moroccan men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Botola players
AS Salé (football) players
Wydad AC players
Fath Union Sport players
La Liga players
Segunda División players
RCD Mallorca players
Morocco men's international footballers
1986 FIFA World Cup players
1980 African Cup of Nations players
1986 African Cup of Nations players
1988 African Cup of Nations players
1992 African Cup of Nations players
Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Morocco
Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in football
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Morocco
Moroccan expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
African Footballer of the Year winners
Moroccan football managers
Wydad AC managers
Fath Union Sport managers
SCC Mohammédia managers
CR Belouizdad managers
Morocco national football team managers
2004 African Cup of Nations managers
Expatriate football managers in Algeria
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Algeria
KAC Marrakech managers
Olympic Safi managers
Maghreb de Fès managers
IR Tanger managers
MC Oran managers
Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi managers
Botola managers
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Sudan
Expatriate football managers in Sudan
Sudan national football team managers
Moroccan expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Tunisia
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 managers