Jawhar Mnari
Jawhar Mnari 2007
Jawhar "Joe" Mnari (Arabic جوهر مناري; born November 8, 1976 in Monastir, also written Jaouhar Mnari ) is a former Tunisian football player.
Career
The career of the 1.84 meter tall and 82 kilogram defensive midfielder started at his hometown club Union Sportive Monastir and led him in 2000 to Tunisian giants Espérance Sportive de Tunis, in which he scored 27 goals in 270 first division and with the Mnari won three championships and participated in the CAF Champions League.
In summer 2005, he joined the Wolfgang Wolf trained Bundesliga 1 FC Nuremberg. After initial difficulties in adapting Mnari played under coach Hans Meyer in the second half of the season regular in the starting XI. The association managed by a strong back round in eighth place. After Mnari proved to be a vital part of the team in the following season, the club extended his contract until the summer of 2010. Well he made mostly together with Tomáš Galásek a double six. The sixth place in the table meant the best season for almost twenty years, and also Nuremberg won the DFB-Pokal, where Mnari in the finals but could not play due to injury.
In the 2007 /08 season of Tunisians got by Peer Kluge competition and lost his starting place, but also played for the first time in the UEFA Cup, where he came to four inserts. In the league, but the club was relegated. Before the season 2008/ 09 Galásek left the club and the new coach Michael Oenning put on a pound. Although Kluge then played mostly on the wing, Mnari was early in the season rarely in the starting lineup because he had received in the first round by Peter Perchtold and in the second round by Stefan Reinartz competition. However, shortly before the season ends Reinartz moved in for the injured Dominic Maroh in the defense, which Oenning sat in the defensive midfield back to the experienced Mnari, which showed good performance again. Nuremberg finally reached the third place and thus the relegation. There Mnari played through in both games and climbed so on with Nuremberg.
The following Bundesliga season 2009/10, however, was bad for him. Although he was initially in the DFB Cup and then the opening round still in the starting lineup, but was in each case replaced. Then he came only on the second and eighth Matchday, where he played through each, last October 3, 2009 in Leverkusen, Germany. After his contract was not renewed at the end of the season, gave the second division FSV Frankfurt obligation Mnaris for season 2010/11 known. During the preparation indicated much to suggest that Mnari would occupy the trunk space on the " six " position, but after an injury Mnaris shortly before the season took Samil Cinaz this place a. Mnari came in the course of the season to only eight second division inserts and ended after one season his guest performance at the Frankfurt neighborhood association.
National
Jawhar Mnari was 2004 African champions with the Tunisian national football team. In addition, he was in the squad for the Confederations Cup in 2005 and for the FIFA World Cup 2006, where he played in all three games of the Tunisians and even scored a goal. In 72 international matches Mnari scored three goals.
Title / successes
- African champions in 2004 with the Tunisian national team
- World Cup 2006 participants with Tunisia
- Tunisian champions Esperance Sportive de Tunis with
- German Cup in 2007 with the first FC Nuremberg
- Bundesliga promotion 2008/ 09 with the 1st FC Nuremberg