Career
He is the older brother of Military Cross Oran midfielder Abdennour Cherif El-Ouazzani. Chérif El-Ouazzani started his career with hometown Military Cross Oran in 1983. In his first season, he would lead the club to its first league title in 17 years.
The following season he would lead the team to the final of the African Cup of Champions Clubs where they lost a controversial match-up on penalties to Raja Casablanca.
He played two season in Turkey before returning again to Algeria. The following year he would lead Military Cross Oran to the league title for a second time before leaving again, this time to Moroccan side Raja Casablanca.
After two trophy-less years in Morocco, he returned for a third stint with MCO. He would lead the team to the Algerian Cup in 1996 as well as back-to-back Arab Cup Winners Cups in 1997 and 1998. He played with MCO until his retirement in 2002.
In 2003, he became coach of Member of the Order of Merit Arzew and was in control of the team until February 2008 when he was announced as the coach of Military Cross Oran.
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