Abdullah Abu Zema


Abdullah Mohammad Ali Abu Zema is a Jordanian professional football coach and former player.

Retirement

Abu Zema officially announced his retirement in 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, 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. They both then moved to coaching Al-Wehdat. When Ra'fat Ali took proficiency in Kuwait, Abu Zema and Talajić joined him by coaching his team.

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.

Honours

Player

Al-Wehdat
Al-Wakrah
Jordan

Manager

Al-Wehdat
Kuwait SC
Ansar