Habib Ben Romdhane

Habib Ben Romdhane
Personal information
Full name Habib Ledhili Ben Romdhane
Date of birth (1970-07-09) 9 July 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Kairouan, Tunisia
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
JS Kairouan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–2001 JS Kairouan
Managerial career
2004–2005 Al-Shoulla (assistant)
2005–2008 Al-Watani (assistant)
2008 Al-Watani (caretaker)
2008–2009 Al-Watani (assistant)
2009 Al-Watani
2010 Najran (assistant)
2011 Al-Adalah
2012 Al-Najma
2012–2014 Al-Riyadh
2014–2016 Al-Batin
2016 Al-Tai
2016–2017 Al-Fayha
2017–2018 Al-Hazem
2018 JS Kairouan
2018–2019 Najran
2019–2020 Al-Ain
2020–2021 Al-Fayha
2021–2022 Al-Wehda
2022–2023 Al-Qadsiah
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Habib Ben Romdhane (Arabic: الحبيب بن رمضان; born 9 July 1970) is a Tunisian football coach and former player who played for JS Kairouan.[1][2]

Career

Ben Romdhane spent his whole playing career for JS Kairouan. He made his debut in 1987 aged 17 years old and retired in 2001.[3]

Ben Romdhane began his managerial career in 2004 working as Mourad Okbi's assistant at Al-Shoulla.[4] In 2005, Ben Romdhane moved to Al-Watani to once again work as Okbi's assistant manager.[5] On 3 August 2006, Ben Romdhane joined Al-Watani to work as Aboud El Khodary's assistant.[6] Working as Al-Watani's assistant manager, Ben Romdhane managed to achieve promotion to the Saudi Premier League for the first time in the club's history.[7] Ben Romdhane continued to work as Al-Watani's assistant, first under El Khodary during the 2007–08 season and then under Moussa Saïb during the 2008–09 season. Following Saïb's departure, Ben Romdhane was named as caretaker manager on 21 October 2008.[8] On 29 November 2008, Ben Romdhane was named as Hélio Vieira's assistant.[9][10] On 11 July 2009, Ben Romdhane was named as Al-Watani's manager following their relegation to the First Division.[11] On 17 November 2009, Ben Romdhane was relieved from his duties and was replaced by Aboud El Khodary.[12] On 11 January 2010, Ben Romdhane returned to work as Okbi's assistant at Najran.[13]

In August 2011, Ben Romdhane was appointed as Saudi Second Division side Al-Adalah's manager. He was sacked on 1 December 2011. On 28 June 2012, Ben Romdhane was appointed as Saudi First Division side Al-Najma's manager.[14] On 10 November 2012, Ben Romdhane was sacked from his post after a poor run of form which saw his side win just 2 games out of 9. He was replaced by compatriot Lotfi Kadri.[15] On 12 December 2012, Ben Romdahne was appointed as Al-Riyadh's manager until the end of the 2012–13 season.[16] Ben Romdhane managed to lead Al-Riyadh to a joint second place finish, however, they missed out on promotion after losing in the playoffs. On 31 May 2013, Ben Romdhane renewed his contract with Al-Riyadh for another season.[17] On 2 September 2014, Ben Romdhane was appointed as Al-Batin's manager.[18] On 12 February 2016, Ben Romdhane was sacked by Al-Batin despite winning their match against Al-Orobah on the same day.[19] At the time of his sacking, Al-Batin sat in second place, one point behind first placed Al-Mujazzal. On 25 February 2016, Ben Romdhane was appointed as Al-Tai's manager until the end of the 2015–16 season.[20]

On 2 May 2016, Ben Romdhane was appointed as Al-Fayha's manager. He managed to lead Al-Fayha to the First Division title and their first-ever promotion to the Pro League.[21] On 20 June 2017, Ben Romdhane was appointed as Al-Hazem's manager.[22] He was sacked on 5 April 2018 just two matches before the end of the season. At the time of his sacking, Al-Hazem sat at third, level on points with second-placed Al-Tai. Al-Hazem were eventually promoted to the Pro League under the management of Abdulwahab Al-Harbi.[23] On 3 July 2018, Ben Romdhane was named as manager of hometown club JS Kairouan.[24] He left the club after 3 matches and joined Najran on 3 October 2018.[25] On 19 June 2019, Ben Romdhane was appointed as Al-Ain's manager. He managed to lead the club to their first-ever promotion to the Pro League.[26]

On 24 September 2020, Ben Romdhane was appointed as Al-Fayha's manager following their relegation to the First Division.[27] He managed to lead the club to promotion at the first time of asking.[28] On 28 June 2021, Ben Romdhane was appointed Al-Wehda's manager.[29] Ben Romdhane managed to get Al-Wehda promoted at the first time of asking.[30] On 27 September 2022, Ben Romdhane was appointed as Al-Qadsiah's manager.[31] On 17 April 2023, Ben Romdhane left the club by mutual consent.[32]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 11 April 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Al-Watani (caretaker) Saudi Arabia 21 October 2008 29 November 2008 5 1 1 3 5 8 −3 020.00
Al-Watani Saudi Arabia 7 July 2009 14 November 2009 13 4 5 4 23 26 −3 030.77
Al-Adalah Saudi Arabia 1 August 2011 1 December 2011 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 033.33
Al-Najma Saudi Arabia 28 June 2012 10 November 2012 9 2 1 6 7 14 −7 022.22
Al-Riyadh Saudi Arabia 12 December 2012 1 May 2014 53 25 15 13 82 66 +16 047.17
Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 1 September 2014 12 February 2016 53 24 10 19 86 62 +24 045.28
Al-Tai Saudi Arabia 23 February 2016 1 May 2016 8 4 1 3 12 10 +2 050.00
Al-Fayha Saudi Arabia 2 May 2016 10 May 2017 32 13 11 8 50 41 +9 040.63
Al-Hazem Saudi Arabia 20 June 2017 5 April 2018 29 14 7 8 44 30 +14 048.28
JS Kairouan Tunisia 2 July 2018 3 October 2018 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 000.00
Najran Saudi Arabia 3 October 2018 1 June 2019 32 10 12 10 37 35 +2 031.25
Al-Ain Saudi Arabia 19 June 2019 22 September 2020 40 20 15 5 59 31 +28 050.00
Al-Fayha Saudi Arabia 24 September 2020 1 June 2021 38 24 9 5 72 27 +45 063.16
Al-Wehda Saudi Arabia 26 July 2021 1 June 2022 38 17 14 7 51 29 +22 044.74
Al-Qadsiah Saudi Arabia 22 September 2022 17 April 2023 23 6 8 9 16 21 −5 026.09
Total 382 166 113 103 552 409 +143 043.46

Honours

Manager

Al-Watani

Al-Fayha

Al-Ain

Al-Wehda

References

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  2. ^ "A. BEN RAMADAN".
  3. ^ "الحبيب بن رمضان وردة جميلة فواحة أخرجت من رياحين الشبيبة القيروانية".
  4. ^ "الشعلة ينهي تعاقده مع العقبي".
  5. ^ "وصول مدرب الوطني مراد العقبي".
  6. ^ "الخضري مدربا لفريق الوطني".
  7. ^ "الوطني يفجر الأفراح في تبوك واللاعبون يرفعون شعار "الصعود بلا خسارة"".
  8. ^ "موسى صايب يترك الوطني والرئيس ينفي حكاية الهروب الثاني في دوري المحترفين".
  9. ^ "البرازيلي فيريرا مدربا للوطني".
  10. ^ "وصف رؤية صائب بالمتسرعة .. مساعد مدرب الوطني التونسي الحبيب بن رمضان".
  11. ^ "وصول الجهاز التدريبي لوطني تبوك".
  12. ^ "الخضري يعود لتدريب الوطني".
  13. ^ "العقبي يخلف الجويلي في نجران".
  14. ^ "أنهت إدارة النادي التعاقد مع الجهاز الفني بقيادة المدرب الحبيب بن رمضان لتدريب الفريق الأول".
  15. ^ "ألغت الإدارة عقد مدرب الفريق الأول الحبيب بن رمضان والتعاقد مع المدرب لطفي القادري".
  16. ^ "الرياض ينهي عقد مدربه ويتعاقد مع التونسي الحبيب".
  17. ^ "إدارة الرياض تجدد عقد ابن رمضان لموسم كامل.. واللاعبون في إجازة شهر".
  18. ^ "الحبيب بن رمضان مدرباً للباطن".
  19. ^ "ابن كحلة مدرباً للباطن".
  20. ^ "الطائي يقيل مدربه".
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  23. ^ "الحربي يكرر إنجاز أحد مع الحزم".
  24. ^ "الإعلان رسميًّا عن حلّ الهيئة المديرة للشبيبة القيروانيّة وهذا موعد الجلسة الإنتخابيّة".
  25. ^ "حبيب بن رمضان يغادر شبيبة القيروان".
  26. ^ "بعد 44 عاما.. العين يعانق الأضواء".
  27. ^ "الحبيب بن رمضان مديراً فنياً للفيحاء".
  28. ^ "الفيحاء.. عودة سريعة إلى المحترفين".
  29. ^ "الحبيب بن رمضان مدربا للوحدة".
  30. ^ "دوري يلو.. صعود الخليج والعدالة والوحدة إلى المحترفين".
  31. ^ "رسميّا.. القادسية يوقع مع بن رمضان".
  32. ^ "القادسية يقيل بن رمضان.. والبديل الغدير".
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