Abdullah Abu Zema

Abdullah Mohammad Ali Abu Zema (; born 4 April 1976) is a Jordanian professional football coach and former player.

Retirement Abu Zema officially announced his retirement from playing football on 25 January 2005, at the age of 29, after sustaining an injury. An international friendly match was played between his country Jordan and Armenia on 1 August 2005 in Amman, sponsored by Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein.

Managerial career

Assistant coach After retiring from playing football, Abu Zema became one of the assistant coaches of his national team (2006–09), under head coaches Mahmoud El-Gohary (2006–07), and Nelo Vingada (2007–09) until the Iraqi Adnan Hamad took over coaching the national team. When Dragan Talajić became head manager of Shabab Al-Ordon (2009–10), Abu Zema became his assistant coach. They both then moved to coaching Al-Wehdat (2010–11).

Head coach Abu Zema was appointed for the first time as head coach in February 2013, when he joined Jordanian club Al-Wehdat, where he succeeded Egyptian manager Mohammad Omar.

On 11 January 2022, Abu Zema was announced head coach of Ansar. He left at the end of the 2021–22 season.

Career statistics

International goals Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 18 July 1999 Amman 4–0 Win Friendly 2 18 August 1999 Amman 2–0 Win 1999 Pan Arab Games 3 18 August 1999 Amman 2–0 Win 1999 Pan Arab Games 4 31 August 1999 Amman 4–4 Draw 1999 Pan Arab Games 5 4 April 2000 Doha 5–1 Win 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification 6 4 April 2000 Doha 5–1 Win 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification 7 8 April 2000 Doha 2–2 Draw 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification 8 23 May 2000 Amman 2–0 Win 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship 9 9 February 2002 Ta'Qali 2–1 Loss Friendly 10 18 December 2002 Kuwait City 1–1 Draw 2002 Arab Nations Cup 11 20 December 2002 Kuwait City 2–1 Win 2002 Arab Nations Cup 12 26 August 2003 Amman 2–1 Win Friendly

Managerial

TeamFromToRecord Al-Wehdat 21 February 2013 26 May 2015 Jordan (caretaker) 12 January 2016 15 December 2016 Kuwait SC 26 July 2017 2 March 2018 Al Ansar 30 August 2018 25 May 2019 Al-Wehdat 30 May 2019 21 November 2021 Al Ansar 10 January 2022 Present Total —

Honours

Player Al-Wehdat Jordan League: 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–07, 1997, 2004–05 Jordan FA Cup: 1996, 1997, 2000 Jordan Super Cup: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005 Jordan Shield Cup: 1995, 2002, 2004

Al-Wakrah Qatar Stars League: 2000–01

Jordan Pan Arab Games: 1997, 1999

Manager Al-Wehdat Jordanian Pro League: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2020 Jordan FA Cup: 2013–14 Jordan Super Cup: 2014, 2021 Jordan Shield Cup: 2020

Kuwait SC Kuwait Super Cup: 2017

Ansar Lebanese FA Cup runner-up: 2021–22