Juan Pedro Benali

Juan Pedro Benali Hammou (born 25 March 1969) is a Spanish professional football manager and executive who is the current head coach of Indian Super League club NorthEast United.

Juan Pedro Benali
Personal information
Full name Juan Pedro Benali Hammou[1]
Date of birth (1969-03-25) 25 March 1969
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Team information
Current team
 NorthEast United (head coach)
Managerial career
Years Team
1997–1999 Las Rozas
2000 Ittihad Khemisset
2000–2001 SCC Mohammédia
2001 Al-Gharafa
2001–2002 CO Transports
2002–2003 Sharjah
2003–2005 Al-Khaleej
2006 Vissel Kobe (assistant)
2017–2018 Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
2018–2019 Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
2020 Ittihad Tanger
2021 RS Berkane
2022 Ittihad Tanger
2023– NorthEast United

He spent his managerial and football executive careers in Spain, Morocco, Qatar, Tunisia, the UAE, Japan, Finland, and India.

Career

Benali made his coaching debut with Madrid-based club Las Rozas in 1997. In 1999, he joined Atlético Madrid as a technical assistant to Claudio Ranieri.[2]

From 2000 to 2001, he managed Ittihad Khemisset and SCC Mohammédia in the Moroccan top tier.

In 2001, Benali joined Al-Gharafa in Qatar. After a short stint with CO Transports in Tunisia, he joined UAE Football League club Sharjah in 2001. He won the 2002–2003 UAE President's Cup with the club. In 2003, Benali joined Al-Khaleej Sports & Cultural Club and continued with the club till 2005.

In 2006, Benali joined Japanese club Vissel Kobe as an assistant to Stuart Baxter. He served as a technical assistant at Racing de Santander from 2007 to 2008. Later he joined the coaching team of Stuart Baxter with the Finland national team until 2009. Benali oversaw the Spanish Sports Academy in the UAE from 2010 to 2014. Later, he headed the La Manga Club high performance soccer centre for two years.[3]

From 2009 to 2011, Benali served as the CEO of Maghreb de Fès in Morocco and director of football at Al Dhafra in the UAE. He returned to Morocco later in 2016 as the sporting director of Moghreb Tétouan. Between 2017 and 2019, he served as the manager of Chabab Rif Al Hoceima in two stints.[4] Later, until 2020, he had a short stint as the sporting director of Moghreb Tétouan again.

In January 2020, Benali joined Botola club Ittihad Tanger[5] and remained in charge until the end of the 2019–20 season.[6]

On 18 March 2021, Benali was appointed as the manager of RS Berkane till the end of the 2020–21 season. The club finished third in the league table and qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup. On 18 April 2022, he was shortly re-appointed as the manager of Ittihad Tanger.[7]

On 22 May 2023, Benali was appointed as the head coach of Indian Super League club NorthEast United.[8]

References
  1. "Juan Pedro Benali". BeSoccer.com.
  2. Verma, Keshava (27 May 2023). "Profile: Who is NorthEast United's new head coach Juan Pedro Benali?". Khel Now. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  3. "La Manga Club lanza su centro de fútbol de Alto Rendimiento". apdrm.com (in Spanish). 17 February 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  4. "El Chabab Rif despide a Juan Pedro Benali". BeSoccer (in Spanish). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  5. "Ittihad Tànger tiene nuevo entrenador". Infomarruecos (in Spanish). 28 January 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  6. Manchón, Martín (14 October 2020). "El milagro de Benali: "Pensé que me moría"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  7. "Pedro Benali retrouve le banc de l'IRT" [Pedro Benali finds the IRT bench]. snrtnews.com (in French). 18 April 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  8. "ISL 2023-24 NorthEast United appoint Juan Pedro Benali as head coach". sportskeeda.com. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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