Noureddine Ould Ali (Arabic: نور الدين ولد علي; born 23 June 1972) is an Algerian football coach who is currently head coach of Yemen national football team.

Noureddine Ould Ali
Ould Ali with Palestine at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Noureddine Ould Ali
Date of birth (1972-06-23) 23 June 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Bab El Oued, Algeria
Team information
Current team
Yemen (head coach)
Managerial career
Years Team
2010–2011 Bahrain (assistant)
2012 Palestine (assistant)
2012–2013 MC Alger (assistant)
2014–2018 Palestine (assistant)
2018–2021 Palestine
2022–2023 Algeria U23
2024– Yemen

Early life

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Ould Ali was born in Bab El Oued, a suburb of the capital of Algiers, Algeria on 23 June 1972. He played football in the town of Aïn Bénian, before attending university.[1]

Coaching career

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In 1992, Ould Ali began coaching US Chaouia under-20s. Following a spell at Chaouia, Ould Ali moved to France to coach at Marseille-based club US Rouet. At Rouet, Ould Ali met former France international François Bracci. After leaving Rouet, Ould Ali followed Bracci to Algeria, becoming assistant manager under Bracci at CS Constantine and MC Alger. In 2013, Ould Ali moved to USM Alger, becoming assistant to Rolland Courbis.[2]

In 2018, having been assistant to former manager Abdel Nasser Barakat, Ould Ali succeeded Julio César Baldivieso as manager of Palestine.[3] He first began coaching work with the Palestinian national team in 2010, and by 2018 he had spent more than five years with them.[4]

He led Palestine in the country's second Asian Cup appearance, where Palestine was eliminated without scoring a goal and after obtaining only two points, having played two goalless draws against Syria and Jordan. Then, he led the Palestinians to the 2022 World Cup qualification, where the Palestinians managed to create a shock home win over Uzbekistan 2–0, leaving enthusiasm among Palestinians. Yet, after the historic win, the team suffered two denting defeats to Singapore and Yemen, before letting the Uzbeks take vengeance on away ground. Due to the performance of Palestine in the qualification, Ould Ali suffered criticism from Palestinian football platform.[5]

Managerial statistics

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As of 30 March 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Palestine 22 April 2018 21 April 2021 33 12 10 11 31 36 −5 036.36
Total 33 12 10 11 31 36 −5 036.36

References

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  1. ^ "الجزائري نور الدين ولد علي (مدرّب المنتخب الفلسطيني)" (in Arabic). Djazairess. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Ould Ali : "Un match entre la Palestine et Israël, ce serait magnifique"" (in French). France Football. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Open Letter: 2019 is not 2015". Football Palestine. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  4. ^ Kunti, Samindra (1 February 2019). "Algerian Nourredine Ould Ali: coaching 'Palestine is something special'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Ould Ali's reign has been marked by confusion, conservatism, and cowardice". 20 November 2019.