He made history when he led the team to the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup 2022, the first African nation to do so.

[citation needed] On 8 May 2014, he landed a head coaching job with Fath Union Sport for the 2014–15 season.

[7] Following his league performances and Moroccan Throne Cup victory in 2014, he was named Mars d'Or Coach of the Year in March 2015.

[19] In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, he led Morocco to the knockout stage for the first time since 1986,[20] and to the quarter finals after beating Spain on penalties in the round of 16,[21] making Morocco the fourth African nation and the first Arab nation to qualify for this stage in a World Cup competition.

[30] He placed third behind World Cup winning coach Lionel Scaloni and runner-up Didier Deschamps.