{{Short description|Entrepreneur and Moroccan footballer (born 1959)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Rachid Taoussi | image = DSC 0907 (8094584595).jpg | caption = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|2|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Sidi Kacem, Morocco | height = 1.75 m | position = Midfielder | manageryears1 = 1992–1993 | manageryears2 = 1993–1995 | manageryears3 = 1995–2000 | manageryears4 = 1995–1997 | manageryears5 = 1997–1999 | manageryears6 = 1999–2000 | manageryears7 = 2000–2002 | manageryears8 = 2003 | manageryears9 = 2003–2004 | manageryears10 = 2004–2007 | manageryears11 = 2007–2008 | manageryears12 = 2008–2010 | manageryears13 = 2010–2012 | manageryears14 = 2012 | manageryears15 = 2012–2013 | manageryears16 = 2013 | manageryears17 = 2015 | manageryears18 = 2015–2016 | manageryears19 = 2016–2017 | manageryears20 = 2017–2018 | manageryears21 = 2018–2019 | manageryears22 = 2019 | managerclubs1 = Union Sidi Kacem | managerclubs2 = Morocco U17 | managerclubs3 = Morocco (assistant) | managerclubs4 = Morocco U20 | managerclubs5 = Morocco U23 | managerclubs6 = FAR Rabat | managerclubs7 = Morocco (technical director) | managerclubs8 = Wydad Casablanca | managerclubs9 = KAC Kenitra | managerclubs10 = Al Shabab Al Arabi Club (technical director) | managerclubs11 = FUS Rabat | managerclubs12 = Al Ain FC (DS) | managerclubs13 = MAS Fez | managerclubs14 = FAR Rabat | managerclubs15 = Morocco | managerclubs16 = FAR Rabat | managerclubs17 = MAS Fez | managerclubs18 = Raja Casablanca | managerclubs19 = RS Berkane | managerclubs20 = CR Belouizdad | managerclubs21 = ES Sétif | managerclubs22 = Olympique de Khouribga }}
'''Rachid Taoussi''' ({{langx|ar|رشيد الطاوسي}} – born 6 February 1959) is a Moroccan football manager, businessman, philanthropist, and former player.<ref name=mars>{{cite news|title=Taoussi Itinéraire d’un entraineur comblé|url=http://www.radiomars.ma/fr/actualites/5730-taoussi-itineraire-dun-entraineur-comble|access-date=26 September 2012|newspaper=Radio Mars|date=25 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927231933/http://www.radiomars.ma/fr/actualites/5730-taoussi-itineraire-dun-entraineur-comble|archive-date=27 September 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://lionsdelatlas.ma/23105-officiel-rachid-taoussi-s-engage-avec-un-club-algerien Officiel : Rachid Taoussi s'engage avec un club algérien]‚ lionsdelatlas.ma, 27 December 2017</ref>
==Coaching career== From 1995 to 2000, Taoussi was the assistant coach of the Morocco national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfi.fr/afrique-foot/20120922-can-2013-maroc-rachid-taoussi-remplace-gerets-poste-selectionneur|title=Rachid Taoussi remplace Gerets au poste de sélectionneur|date=22 September 2012|access-date=23 September 2012|language=fr|publisher=RFI|author=Kalfa, David}}</ref>
In 1997, he led the Morocco U20 to the 1997 African Youth Championship (U-20 Africa Cup of Nations) title.
On 22 September 2012, Taoussi was appointed as manager of the Morocco national team, replacing Eric Gerets who was sacked a week earlier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mountakhab.net/www/modules/news/article.php?storyid=23843|title=La commission a choisi Taoussi|publisher=Mountakhab.net|language=fr|date=22 September 2012|access-date=23 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317020320/http://mountakhab.net/www/modules/news/article.php?storyid=23843|archive-date=17 March 2014}}</ref>
== Career and entrepreneurial activities == Rachid began his professional football career in Paris before joining the family's healthcare business in 1983, where he worked as a medical value partner. In 1992, he co-founded with his brothers manufacturing companies specializing in wood, steel, and cement hospital construction. In 1995, he left the healthcare industry to join the Moroccan national football team.
He is now based in Dubai, investing in various large-scale hospitality and healthcare initiatives.
== Personal commitments & donations == In 2020, as part of the fight against COVID-19, Rachid Taoussi created within his group a division specialized in the health sector, and imported 400 million masks intended for the authorities and the medical profession to companies and individuals based in Africa and the Middle East.
In June 2021, the family opened a new factory in Casablanca whose two production lines target 85 million pharmaceutical products per year. The inauguration took place in July 2021, in the presence of the cantonal authorities and the State Councilor responsible for health.
==Honours== '''MAS Fez''' *Moroccan Throne Cup: 2011 *CAF Confederation Cup: 2011 *CAF Super Cup: 2012
'''Morocco U20''' *U-20 Africa Cup of Nations: 1997
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