Père Jégo

Mohamed Ben Lahcen Affani (Arabic: محمد بن الحسن العفاني; 15 April 1900 – 31 August 1970), known as Père Jégo, was a Moroccan football manager and player who managed both Casablanca's clubs Wydad and Raja.

[1][2][3] Père Jégo was regarded as one of the most decorated managers in Moroccan football history.

His father, Lahcen Affani Soussi, originally from the Issafen tribe in the Souss region of Morocco, moved to Tunis to trade and study at Zitouna University.

[5] Père Jégo played for US Athlétique [fr] from 1922 to 1930; meanwhile, he started his managerial career in 1929 with OCS.

[8] In 1952, he left Wydad to coach Morocco national team until 1957, when he joined Raja, a position he held until his retirement in 1968.