Mustapha Hadji

Position
Midfielder
Nationality
Place Of Birth
Ifrane Atlas-Saghir
Date Of Birth
November 16, 1971
Age
53
Games Played
70
-
Per Game
Games Started
68
1.0
Per Game
Minutes
6063
86.6
Per Game
Goals
13
0.2
Per Game
Assists
12
0.2
Per Game
Notes
Stats
Matches
Transfers
Gallery
Internationals

Arguably one of the most skilful footballer ever to don a Sky Blue shirt and a star of the 1998 World Cup with Morocco, Hadji arrived from Spanish giants Deportivo La Corunna for a club record £4 million in 1999. His fellow countryman Youssef Chippo arrived at the same time and with McAllister and Keane also in great form, City were dubbed the entertainers after several thrilling home games on Sky television. City were virtually unstoppable at home and Hadji, playing in the hole behind the strikers, put in some virtuoso performances, none more so than the Christmas win over Arsenal and a 3-2 win over Sunderland when Hadji had a hand in all three goals. The following season, without McAllister and Keane was hard for the Sky Blues and ‘Mous’ failed to lift the gloom. In the vital penultimate game at Villa Park he scored two great first-half goals but could do nothing to stop the inevitable defeat and relegation. As one of the club’s finest assets it was inevitable that he would leave and City reluctantly accepted a bid of £4.5 million from Aston Villa. Since Villa he has played for Espanol in Spain, Saarbrucken in Germany, and Al Ain in Arabia.

Free kick goals (2)
1999-00
16 October 1999 v Newcastle United H
2000-01
16 September 2000 v Arsenal A

Premier League (England)
2000-2001
Coventry City
29
28
1
2514′
2
1
6 (0)
3
1999-2000
Coventry City
33
33
2870′
5
6 (0)
7
62
61
1
5384′
7
0
1
12 (0)
10
0
FA Cup (England)
2000-2001
Coventry City
1
1
90′
1 (0)
1999-2000
Coventry City
2
2
180′
3
3
0
270′
0
0
0
1 (0)
0
0
Worthington Cup (England)
2000-2001
Coventry City
4
3
1
319′
1
2
1999-2000
Coventry City
1
1
90′
1
5
4
1
409′
2
0
0
0 (0)
2
0
Totals:
70
68
2
6063′
9
0
1
13 (0)
12
0
Date
For
Against
H/A
Result
FA Carling Premiership 2000-2001
FA Carling Premiership 2000-2001
Coventry City
Bradford City
H
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Aston Villa
A
L 3:2
90`
2
Coventry City
Liverpool
H
L 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Leicester City
A
W 1:3
87`
1
Coventry City
Derby County
H
W 2:0
72`
1
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
A
L 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
H
D 0:0
76`
Coventry City
West Ham United
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Arsenal
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Leeds United
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Everton
H
L 1:3
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Middlesbrough
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Everton
A
W 1:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Southampton
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Derby County
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Leicester City
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Bradford City
A
L 2:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Aston Villa
H
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Liverpool
A
L 4:1
90`
Coventry City
Manchester United
H
L 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Sunderland
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
A
L 6:1
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
H
W 2:1
90`
1
Coventry City
West Ham United
H
L 0:3
90`
Coventry City
Arsenal
A
L 2:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Leeds United
H
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Newcastle United
H
L 0:2
29`
FA Cup 2000-2001
FA Cup 2000-2001
Coventry City
Swindon Town
A
W 0:2
90`
1
Worthington Cup 2000-2001
Worthington Cup 2000-2001
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
A
L 2:1
19`
Coventry City
Southampton
A
W 0:1
120`
1
Coventry City
Preston North End
H
W 4:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Preston North End
A
W 1:3
90`
FA Carling Premiership 1999-2000
FA Carling Premiership 1999-2000
Coventry City
Watford
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
H
W 4:1
90`
1
1
Coventry City
Newcastle United
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Middlesbrough
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
A
L 2:1
78`
Coventry City
Liverpool
H
L 0:3
90`
Coventry City
Arsenal
A
L 3:0
71`
Coventry City
Bradford City
H
W 4:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Everton
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Aston Villa
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Middlesbrough
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Sunderland
H
W 3:2
90`
1
1
Coventry City
Chelsea
H
D 2:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Arsenal
H
W 3:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Liverpool
A
L 2:0
74`
Coventry City
Southampton
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Leicester City
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Aston Villa
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Bradford City
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Watford
H
W 4:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Newcastle United
H
W 4:1
90`
1
1
Coventry City
Everton
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
H
W 1:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
A
L 3:2
90`
Coventry City
Leeds United
H
L 3:4
90`
1
Coventry City
Sunderland
A
D 1:1
76`
Coventry City
Manchester United
H
L 1:2
70`
Coventry City
Derby County
H
W 2:0
85`
1
Coventry City
Wimbledon
A
D 1:1
76`
Coventry City
Leicester City
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
H
L 0:1
90`
FA Cup 1999-2000
FA Cup 1999-2000
Coventry City
Burnley
H
W 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Norwich City
A
W 1:3
90`
Worthington Cup 1999-2000
Worthington Cup 1999-2000
Coventry City
Tranmere Rovers
H
W 3:1
90`
Club Out
Club In
Transfer Date
Fee
Club Out / Club In
Transfer Date / Fee
Coventry City
Aston Villa
Sat, 07 Jul, 2001
£2,500,000 plus Julian Joachim in part exchange
Coventry City
Aston Villa
Sat, 07 Jul, 2001
£2,500,000 plus Julian Joachim in part exchange
Deportivo de La Coruna
Coventry City
Mon, 19 Jul, 1999
£4,000,000
Deportivo de La Coruna
Coventry City
Mon, 19 Jul, 1999
£4,000,000

Morocco, 16 caps, 3 goals

Selected for the 2000 African Nations Cup squad (#7).

1999-00
7 September 1999 Belgium v Morocco, Liege, friendly, 4-0
17 November 1999 Morocco v USA, Marrakesh, friendly, 2-1, goal (pen)
21 December 1999 Morocco v Senegal, Agadir, friendly
18 January 2000 Morocco v Trinidad & Tobago, El Jadida, 2000 African Nations Cup Qualification, 1-0, goal
25 January 2000 Morocco v Congo, Lagos, 2000 African Nations Cup Group D, 1-0
29 January 2000 Morocco v Tunisia, Lagos, 2000 African Nations Cup Group D, 0-0, replaced
3 February 2000 Nigeria v Morocco, Lagos, 2000 African Nations Cup Group D, 0-2
9 April 2000 Gambia v Morocco, Bakau, 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying, 0-1, replaced
22 April 2000 Morocco v Gambia, Casablanca, 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying, 2-0
2000-01
2 September 2000 Gabon v Morocco, Libreville, 2002 African Nations Cup Qualification, 2-0
13 January 2001 Tunisia v Morocco, Tunis, 2002 African Nations Cup Qualification, 0-1, replaced
28 January 2001 Egypt v Morocco, Cairo, 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group C, 0-0
24 February 2001 Morocco v Senegal, Rabat, 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group C, 0-0, replaced
24 March 2001 Morocco v Tunisia, Rabat, 2002 African Nations Cup Qualification, 2-0, replaced
21 April 2001 Morocco v Namibia, Rabat, 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group C, 3-0
30 June 2001 Morocco v Egypt, Rabat, 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group C, 1-0, goal, replaced

Other caps for various clubs including Sporting, Deportivo La Coruna and Aston Villa (total 63 caps, 12 goals)

African Footballer of the Year 1998
Selected for the 1994 and1998 FIFA World Cup squads.
Selected for the 1998 African Nations Cups squad all before joining City.
Assistant mananger of Morocco national team 2014-2022