Career
Abu Zema officially announced his retirement in playing football at the age of 29 after receiving a strong injury and losing the love of his fans. The mark of his retirement in playing football took place on 1 August 2005 in an international friendly match between his country Jordan and Armenia in Amman, sponsored by Prince Ali Bin First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Hussein. After playing the first five minutes of the match, Abu Zema passed on the captain armband to his teammate Haitham First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Shboul, and his #18 jersey shirt to his young teammate of First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Wahdat South Carolina Hassan Abdel-Fattah.
Coaching career Immediately after his retirement as a football player, Abu Zema became one of the assistant coaches of his national team (2006–2009), under head coaches Mahmoud El-Gohary (2006–2007) and Nelo Vingada (2007–2009) until the Iraqi Adnan Hamad took over coaching the national team
When Dragan Talajic became head manager of Shabab First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Ordon (2009–2010), Abu Zema became his assistant coach ever since then They both then moved to Abu Zema"s home club First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Wehdat (2010–2011).
In AFC Asian Cups 2004 Asian Cup In Pan Arab Games In Arab Nations Cup In WAFF Championships.
