Djamel Menad

Djamel Menad (Arabic: جمال مناد‎; born 22 July 1960) is a retired Algerian footballer, who played as a forward, and the current manager of USM El Harrach.[1]

Djamel Menad
Djamel Menad in 1986
Personal information
Full name Djamel Menad
Date of birth (1960-07-22) 22 July 1960
Place of birth El Bayadh, Algeria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 USM El Harrach (Head coach)
Youth career
1975–1977 JS El Biar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1981 CR Belouizdad ? (?)
1981–1987 JS Kabylie ? (?)
1987–1990 Nîmes 78 (27)
1990–1992 Famalicão 58 (17)
1992–1993 Belenenses 26 (3)
1994–1996 JS Kabylie ? (?)
1996–1997 USM Alger ? (?)
National team
1982–1995 Algeria 81 (25)
Teams managed
2005 USM Alger
2007–2011 JSM Béjaïa
2011–2012 CR Belouizdad
2012–2013 MC Alger
2014 Al-Wehda Club
2016 MC Alger
2020– USM El Harrach
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in El Bayadh, Menad started his playing career with CR Belouizdad, before moving to JS Kabylie. In 1987, he signed with French side Nîmes Olympique, competing in three Ligue 2 seasons and appearing in nearly 100 official games. In 1989–90, he scored a career-best – in Europe – 12 goals in 27 games, but his team fell short of promotion after finishing in third position.

Menad spent the following three seasons in Portugal, appearing for F.C. Famalicão (two seasons) and C.F. Os Belenenses, always in the top division. Subsequently, aged 33, he returned to his country and retired four years later, after stints with former club Kabylie (where he won the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1995) and USM Alger.

In 2005, Menad started coaching, managing his last team as a player. On 14 May 2011, he was fired from his post at JSM Bejaia.[2]

International career

Menad gained the first of his 81 caps for Algeria in 1982. Previously, in 1980, he played Olympic football in Moscow, helping the national team to the quarterfinals.

Menad was selected to the squad for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. There, he appeared in group stage losses against Brazil and Spain.[3] In 1990, he helped the hosts win the Africa Cup of Nations, finishing as the competition's top scorer with four goals.

Menad finished third for the 1986 African Footballer of the Year award.

Doping mystery

In November 2011 Menad, who has a disabled daughter, and other of his World Cup Finals teammates called for an investigation into whether their children's disabilities had in any way to do with medication ordered to them by Algeria's Soviet coach Evgeni Rogov.[4]

Honours

Club

CR Belouizdad

JS Kabylie

International

Individual

References
  1. "Ligue 2 : Menad nouveau coach de l'USMH".
  2. L1: JSM Béjaïa, Djamel Menad quitte son poste (L1: JSM Béjaïa, Djamel Menad leaves post) Archived 22 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine; DZ Foot, 14 May 2011 (in French)
  3. Djamel Menad – FIFA competition record
  4. Algerian players seek probe into disabled children – Ahram Online
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