Amouta led Jordan to a historic achievement in the Asian Cup (Getty)
Moroccan Hussein Amouta revealed that he will leave coaching the Jordanian national football team for family reasons “after 3 or 4 months,” following his surprising leadership to the Asian Cup runner-up for the first time in its history.
Regarding whether he received training offers from other teams after the continental achievement, Amouta (54 years old) told the Replay program on Moroccan Channel 2, “My contract is still valid with the Jordanian national team. I declared after the final that there were difficult family circumstances in Morocco, and therefore I began discussing the issue of my departure. But not now, but in 3 or 4 months.”
"It is necessary for me to be with my family," the coach continued from his hometown of Khemisset.
The first months of Amouta’s reign were not full of roses, as he was subjected to a violent campaign as a result of the team’s failure to achieve any victory in the first seven matches under his supervision, but he silenced his critics by leading “Al-Nashama” to the first final in its history when it lost to the host Qatar 1-3. .
Jordan achieved a slow start in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, as it tied with its host, Tajikistan, in a fatal time, 1-1, before losing at home to Saudi Arabia, 0-2, and will face Pakistan back and forth next March, then Tajikistan and Saudi Arabia next June.
Amouta assumed his position on June 27, succeeding Iraqi coach Adnan Hamad, and his most prominent task was his leadership in the World Cup qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and in the Asian Cup finals.
Marwan Jumaa, Vice President of the Jordanian Federation, said - last Saturday - in an interview with Roya TV, “Captain Hussein is currently on vacation in Morocco. He has personal matters to follow up on, and we are in contact with him. God willing, we will sit with him when he returns to Amman.”
He added, "We hope to continue with him in the coming months. We will listen to his requirements, and this is our duty as a union."
Amouta has extensive coaching experience in Asia and Africa, where he achieved many local and continental titles, as he led Qatar’s Al Sadd to end a 6-year title drought by winning the local league in the 2012-2013 season, before supervising Wydad Casablanca and leading them to win the Moroccan League in 2016. Then, in the following season, he won the African Champions League title with him.
Amouta (former midfielder) previously led Moroccan FUS Rabat to the local cup and African Confederation Cup titles.
Source: French