Walid Regragui

Walid Regragui (Arabic: وليد الركراكي; born 23 September 1975) is a Moroccan retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the head coach of Wydad AC.

Walid Regragui

Regragui in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-09-23) 23 September 1975
Place of birth	Corbeil-Essonnes, France
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Club information
Current team	Wydad AC (manager)
Youth career
	Corbeil-Essonnes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	Racing Paris	17	(3)
1999–2001	Toulouse	37	(3)
2001–2004	Ajaccio	72	(3)
2004–2006	Racing Santander	25	(0)
2007	Dijon	10	(0)
2007–2009	Grenoble	39	(0)
2010–2011	Fleury-Mérogis
National team
2001–2009	Morocco[1]	45	(0)
Teams managed
2012–2013	Morocco (assistant)
2014–2020	FUS Rabat
2020	Al-Duhail
2021–	Wydad AC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Born in France, Regragui was a full international for Morocco. Clubs he played for include Toulouse, AC Ajaccio, Grenoble and Racing Santander. In the summer of 2009, he moved from Grenoble to Moroccan side Moghreb Tétouan for his last playing career.[2]

After retiring as player, Regragui began with football coaching as assistant of Morocco's national team in September 2012. When the head coach Rachid Taoussi was sacked on 1 October 2013, his contract was also terminated. On 8 May 2014, he landed a head coaching job with Fath Union Sport for the 2014–15 season.[3] On 22 January 2020, he left the club by mutual consent.[4]

On 10 August 2021, Regragui was appointed as the head coach of Botola side Wydad AC.[5]