Mohammed Allach

Mohammed Allach

Allach in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Allach
Date of birth	(1973-09-20) 20 September 1973 (age 49)
Place of birth	The Hague, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	RKC Waalwijk (technical director)
Youth career
	DWO
1994–1996	Alphense Boys
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2000	Excelsior	80	(1)
2000	Feyenoord	0	(0)
2000–2002	Groningen	69	(1)
2002–2003	Dordrecht	22	(0)
2003–2004	Twente	12	(0)
2004–2006	VVV-Venlo	64	(0)
Total		247	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohammed "Mo" Allach (born 20 September 1973) is a Dutch football executive and former player. He serves as the technical director of RKC Waalwijk.

Playing career

Allach studied social pedagogy after high school. He started his professional career at a relatively late age. He was a youth worker in Gouda, South Holland and played at amateur level with DWO in Zoetermeer and Alphense Boys when he was recruited in 1996 by the second-tier Eerste Divisie club Excelsior. ^{[2] [3]} Halfway through the 1999–2000 season, Allach moved to top-tier side Feyenoord, where he did not make an official appearance. ^[4] In 2000, he left for Groningen, where he was a regular starter for more than two seasons. ^[5] In 2002, he was forced to leave there after a conflict with head coach Dwight Lodeweges, who called him a "source of friction" in the squad. ^[6]

Allach then played for Dordrecht in the Eerste Divisie and Twente in the Eredivisie. When he was unable to enforce a regular starting spot at the last club, he left for VVV-Venlo in 2004. In 2006, he retired from professional football and then started working as technical director and head of practice at VVV. ^[7]

Executive career

Twente and RKC

In 2008, Allach moved from the role as technical director and head youth academy of VVV to FC Twente, where he became director of football. ^[8] After one season at Twente he became director of football affairs at RKC Waalwijk. ^[9]

KNVB

In 2011, Allach moved into a position as technical manager for the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB). ^[10] Under Allach's period as technical manager, the Netherlands national football team, led by Bert van Marwijk, easily qualified for the UEFA Euro 2012, where the team subsequently went winless in the group stage and were therefore immediately eliminated. On 6 June 2012, the Netherlands were in fourth place in the FIFA World Rankings, only behind Germany, Uruguay and Spain. ^[11]

Vitesse

In July 2013, Vitesse announced that they had contracted Allach as technical director. He succeeded Ted van Leeuwen. ^[12] Allach held that position until 2017. During this period, Vitesse won the KNVB Cup, the first silverware in club history. ^[13] After a short stint with Israeli club Maccabi Haifa, ^{[14] [15]} Allach returned to Vitesse in March 2019. ^[13] Allach left the club nine months later after a conflict with club management. ^{[16] [17]}

Return to RKC

On 10 June 2020, RKC Waalwijk announced that Allach would become the new technical director; his second period with the club. ^{[18] [17]}

Political career

In late 2003, Allach and friends founded the Maroquistars Foundation, a volunteer organisation that aims at strengthening young people in terms of social resilience through social projects. ^[19]

Allach is a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). For the 2006 Dutch general election, he was asked by leader of the party Wouter Bos to run under the PvdA candidate list, but he declined this. ^[20] For the 2012 Dutch general election, Allach was the PvdA's Lijstduwer . He was in 73rd place, just ahead of Maarten van Rossem. ^{[21] [22]}

References

1. Mohammed Allach at WorldFootball.net
2. "Woensdagnieuwtjes". Alphense Boys (in Dutch). 5 March 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2021. Mohamed Allach (speelde in 1994 in Alphense Boys 1 en ging daarna naar Feyenoord) keert terug als technisch directeur bij Vitesse.
3. "Mohammed Allach (1973)" (in Dutch). Kent U Deze Nog?. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
4. "Feyenoord haalt Allach naar Kuip". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 28 July 1999. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
5. "Groningen trekt Allach aan". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 2 June 2000. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
6. "'Stoorzender' Allach mag weg". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 10 October 2002. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
7. "Allach stopt en volgt Stewart op bij VVV". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 31 May 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
8. "Allach verruilt VVV voor FC Twente". Trouw (in Dutch). 16 June 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
9. "Allach nieuwe technische baas van RKC Waalwijk". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 11 July 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
10. "Allach naar KNVB". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 28 June 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
11. "Nederlands elftal blijft vierde op FIFA-ranking". nu.nl (in Dutch). 6 June 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
12. "Allach volgt Van Leeuwen op bij Vitesse". fcupdate.nl (in Dutch). 8 July 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
13. "Technisch directeur Allach keert per direct terug bij Vitesse". nu.nl (in Dutch). 4 March 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
14. "מו אלאך, מונה למנהל הטכני" (in Hebrew). Maccabi Haifa. 6 November 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
15. "Mohammed Allach verkiest Maccabi Haifa boven Vitesse". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 6 November 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
16. "'Reset' en zeventien kilo kwijt na Vitesse-exit: "Nu is het genoeg, dacht ik"". Voetbalprimeur (in Dutch). 16 July 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
17. Hack, Wilber (10 June 2020). "Allach keert half jaar na breuk met Vitesse terug in de eredivisie". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 February 2021.
18. "Mo Allach keert terug als Technisch Directeur bij RKC Waalwijk". rkcwaalwijk.nl (in Dutch). RKC Waalwijk. 10 June 2020. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
19. "Folder Maroquistars" (PDF) (in Dutch). Stichting Maroquistars. Retrieved 13 February 2021. Stichting MaroquiStars is in 2003 opgericht op initiatief van oud profvoetballer Mohammed Allach. Stichting MaroquiStars richt zich tot kwetsbare groepen in de Nederlandse samenleving zijn, waarover een negatieve beeldvorming is ontstaan.
20. Hoogerwaard, John (26 May 2006). "Voetballer met een mening". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 February 2021.
21. "Marcels Vitesse Mo Allach". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 25 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
22. "Voetbalclinic georganiseerd door oud-profvoetballer Mohammed Allach". PvdA (in Dutch). 15 August 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2021.