Background and career
Hoalid Regragui (born 23 September 1975), known as Walid Regragui (Berber languages: ⵡⴰⵍⵉⴷ ⵔⴻⴳⵔⴰⴳⵉ, Arabic: وليد الركراكي), is a professional football manager and former player who played at right-back. He was most recently the head coach of the Morocco national team.
Born in France, he represented the Morocco national team as a player. He spent most of his club career in France, with spells in Spain and Morocco. As a coach, he led FUS Rabat and Wydad AC, winning the African Champions League in 2022 and the Moroccan league twice. He also managed Al Duhail in Qatar, winning the league. With Morocco, he led them to the semi-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, making history as the first team from Africa and the Arab world to reach this stage. He then led Morocco as they qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and won the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on home soil before resigning.
