As a former midfielder, Ammouta spent his entire playing career in the Middle East and Africa, namely IZ Khemisset, Fath Union Sport, Al-Riyadh, Al Sadd, Sharjah and Qatar SC.

He went on to spend his next 15 years coaching different clubs, most notably Wydad AC, winning the CAF Champions League.

Under the leadership of Hussein Ammouta, the Jordanian national team reached the 2023 AFC Asian Cup final for the first time in their history.

After he left, he joined Al Sadd as the technical director, before being named as a replacement for head coach Jorge Fossati in 2012.

[9] His skills would be tested for the 2012 Sheikh Jassem Cup where they played most of their matches with their second team, and were in the final defeated by Al Rayyan SC, 1–0.

[20][21] In the semi-finals, Jordan achieved a significant victory by defeating South Korea 2–0, which guaranteed their first appearance in the final of the Asian Cup.