Abdullah Abu Zema


Abdullah Abu Zema is a Jordanian association football coach of Palestinian descent.

Career

Abu Zema officially announced his retirement in playing football 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. After playing the first five minutes of the match, Abu Zema gave the captain armband to his teammate Haitham Al-Shboul as well as his #18 jersey shirt to his younger teammate Hassan Abdel-Fattah and left the field.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing football, Abu Zema became one of the assistant coaches of his national team, under head coaches Mahmoud El-Gohary and Nelo Vingada until the Iraqi Adnan Hamad took over coaching the national team. When Dragan Talajić became head manager of Shabab Al-Ordon, Abu Zema became his assistant coach ever since then. They both then moved to Abu Zema's home club Al-Wehdat. When Ra'fat Ali, one of Abu Zema's companions, took proficiency in Kuwait, Abu Zema and Talajić joined him by coaching his team.
Abu Zema had finally become a head coach himself when he began coaching Al-Wehdat in February 2013, succeeding the Egyptian Mohammad Omar who failed to help Al-Wehdat reach the semi-finals of the 2012–13 Jordan Cup losing to Al-Ramtha SC on penalties in the quarter-finals, and losing to the 2012–13 Jordan league winners Shabab Al-Ordon in the second half of the season.

Honours and participation in international tournaments

In AFC Asian Cups

International goals

Managerial statistics