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Hicham Dguig (in Arabic: هشام الدكيك), born on 6/05/1972 in Kenitra (Morocco), is a former futsal player for the Moroccan national team. He is the current coach of the Morocco national futsal team.
Trained in his hometown at Ajax Kenitra, Hicham Dguig became a club legend, winning more than twenty national and international titles. Making his debut with the Moroccan national team in 1995, he participated in the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations in 2000 and 2004. He ended his futsal career in 2007, at the age of 35.
Appointed as the head coach of the Morocco national futsal team in 2010, he became the architect of the team's best performances in history, winning the Arab Nations Cup twice, the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations three times, the Mediterranean Futsal Cup, and leading his team to the quarter-finals of the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Biography
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editAjax Kenitra (1990-2007)
editHicham Dguig was born in Kenitra, Morocco, and joined the futsal club Ajax Kenitra at a very young age[1]. He made his professional debut in 1990. In 1992, he participated in the Green March tournament held in Kenitra, featuring teams from Belgium, Netherlands, France, and Portugal[2].
Throughout the 1990s, he participated in several international tournaments held in Europe and won numerous titles with his club. One of the international tournaments was the renowned FIFUSA World Futsal Championship, in which he took part in 1994 in Argentina with Ajax Kenitra, representing Morocco[2]. The founder of Ajax Kenitra collaborated with high-level international futsal officials and became vice-president of the International Futsal Federation, giving Morocco the opportunity to join the European Nations Cup[2]. In fact, it was in Casablanca, in February 1995, that Morocco hosted the 4th edition of this competition. From this tournament onwards, the players of Ajax Kenitra officially represented Morocco[2]. Dguig was regularly included in the squad lists.