Houcine Ammouta has been replaced as the Wydad of Casablanca's coach by Tunisian Mehdi Nafti, the club rouge et blanc announced on Monday.
"I'm overjoyed and excited to be joining the Wydadie family. Wydad, Dima ", stated the 44-year-old tunisian coach in a video uploaded to Wydad Casablanca's Facebook page.
In order to successfully accomplish all of our goals, we will need all of our combined forces, according to Nafti, a former international tunisian and Cup of Africa of Nations champion with the Aigles of Carthage.
He was trained at the French club Toulouse FC and has played for teams including Racing de Santander, Real Valladolid, and Cadiz CF in Spain as well as Birmingham City in England.
He held positions with clubs like Leganes and Levante in Spain during his career as an instructor. The Wydad, who are now ranked second in the Botola Pro D1 with 18 points, suffered their first loss of the year against the AS FAR (3-0) on the previous day. On Thursday, the Chabab Mohammedia for the tenth day will be delivered to him.