
The clubs administration has worked quickly to find his replacement and have brought in Algerian coach Nourdine Zakri. The Algerian has a rich and long profile of coaching clubs and it is hoped he can steady the ship at Al Wakrah.
In his native Algeria he was originally a former player and has now coached clubs such as ES Sétif, MC Alger, and Al-Ahly Shendi of Sudan.
He managed to guide ES Sétif to the North African Cup final where his team where crowned champions. He also won the Algeria cup in 2009.
He has also been the technical director at Mouloudia Club d'Oran.
He has already had a taste of the QSL with Al Wakrah in their round 9 clash against Al Ahli which they lost 3-1.
The team currently sits in 11th spot in the Qatar Stars League.-