Kammala wannan jumla: Ya lashe lambar yabo ta farko a gasar zakarun duniya na matasa a shekarar 1998, inda ya zo na uku a tseren mita 5000. Duk da haka daga baya aka kore shi lokacin da aka tabbatar da cewa yana da shekaru 24 a lokacin da ya yi gasa a gasar zakarun Turai. Matsakaicin iyakar shekaru don gasar zakarun duniya ta IAAF Junior ita ce shekaru 19. A cikin
1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ya kasance na goma sha biyar a cikin gajeren tseren maza, yana taimakawa Morocco zuwa lambar azurfa ta tawagar. Ya lashe lambar zinare na mita 10,000 a 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie sannan kuma ya lashe lambar tagulla a wannan taron a Wasannin 2001 na Bahar Rum. Bai yi gasa a manyan gasa ba a shekara ta 2002 kuma bayan dawowarsa ta kasa da kasa ya sake zama na goma sha biyar a cikin gajeren tsere a gasar tsere ta kasa ta 2003 ta IAAF, a wannan karon ya dauki tagulla ta kungiyar.