Moroccan Walid Regragui appeared internationally for the first time in 2001 and continued to defend the colors of the “Atlas Lions” for 8 years without celebrating his rise to the World Cup, but 21 years following his first international appearance, he made the greatest achievement in the history of his country and the Arabs by reaching the quarter-finals of the 2022 edition.
The Moroccan national team achieved a historic achievement by eliminating Spain, the champion of the 2010 edition, from the final price by penalty kicks, and reaching the quarter-finals, to be the best achievement in the history of Morocco and the first Arab team to reach this role, and equal to the Ghanaian achievement in the 2010 edition.
Regragui began his career with the Moroccan national team in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers with a match away from home once morest Egypt, and the Moroccan attempt ended with the absence of the global wedding hosted by South Korea and Japan, and following 4 years the Moroccan national team was unable to reach the World Cup that was held in Germany, and then His international career ended in a draw with Togo in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, which the Moroccan national team did not succeed in reaching.
In late August, Walid (47 years old) took over the task, succeeding expert Waheed Khaliuzic, and began his term with the national team by bringing back the stars who had been dismissed by the previous coach, most notably Hakim Ziyech, the London star of Chelsea, and Naseer Mazraoui, Bayern Munich’s German back.
Regragui succeeded in leading Morocco to the second round for the first time in 36 years, following he topped his group, which included Croatia, the runner-up of the last edition, Belgium, the third in the world rankings, and Canada, before defeating Spain in one of the historic matches.
