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Driss Bamous

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Driss Bamous
Bamous at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Driss Bamous
Date of birth (1942-12-15)15 December 1942
Place of birth Berrechid, Morocco
Date of death 16 April 2015(2015-04-16) (aged 72)
Place of death Rabat, Morocco
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1975 FAR Rabat
International career
1963–1971 Morocco[1] 43 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Driss Bamous (15 December 1942 – 16 April 2015) was a Moroccan football midfielder. He was also a trained professional soldier at the military academy of Saint Cyr, France.

Career

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Bamous played club football for FAR Rabat in the Botola. Bamous played for the Morocco national football team at the 1964 Summer Olympics[2] and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals.[3] Following his playing career, Bamous became the president of the FRMF and organized the 1988 African Cup of Nations in Morocco.[4] In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[5] He was promoted to brigadier general of the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie in 2003.[4]

Death

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Bamous died in Rabat from a long-term illness.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Morocco – Record International Players
  2. ^ "Driss Bamoos Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  3. ^ Driss BamousFIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ^ a b "Kanabi et Bamous prennent des galons" (in French). La Gazette Du Maroc. April 2003. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  5. ^ "Meilleur joueur des 50 dernières années 14 Marocains en lice" (in French). Le Matin. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  6. ^ "Décès à Rabat de l'ancien président Driss Bamous" (in French). Le Matin. 17 April 2015.
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