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Faouzi Benzarti (فوزي البنزرتي), (born January 3, 1950 in Monastir), is a Tunisian former footballer and current coach. He is also the brother of manager Lotfi Benzarti.
Biography
He spent his entire football career at US Monastir before opting for the coaching career. He began his career at EO Sidi Bouzid before returning to US Monastir, which he coached in 1979-1980, enabling him to return to Ligue I. He directed by the Following the main teams of Tunisia : Étoile sportive du Sahel, Club Africain, Espérance Sportive de Tunis, CS Sfaxien, Stade tunisien. He also trained in the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Morocco and Libya.
After his involvement with Étoile Sportive du Sahel in 2006, Benzarti transferred to Espérance Sportive de Tunis in June 2007, but left soon after to manage the national team of Libya. His contract ended with Libya in 2009 and he joined the Tunisian national football team several months later. He also coached Tunisia in the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola. On 17 May 2011, Benzarti signed a two-year contract with Club Africain after one week the club sacked former coach Kais Yacoubi. Accepting of the contract offered, he became a manager of the Club Africain for third times in his career.
On 26 March 2012, Faouzi Benzarti replaces Bernd Krauss as Étoile coach, The Tunisian journeyman coach went back to Sousse for a fourth time in his trophy filled career as German Bernd Krauss returns to his post of youth technical director. He is now coach of Étoile du Sahel.
Honours
Managerial honours :
- Tunisian League: 9
- Winners: 1987, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017
- Tunisian Cup: 1
- Winners: 2015
- CAF Champions League: 1
- Winners: 1994
- Finalist: 2010
- CAF Super Cup: 1
- Winners: 1994
- CAF Cup: 2
- Winners: 2006, 2015
- Arab Club Champions Cup: 2
- Winners: 2009, 2017
- FIFA Club World Cup: Finalist in 2013
Individual :
- Order of Ouissam Alaouite
- Ninth best African coach of all time