Abder Ramdane (born 23 February 1974) is a

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manager and former player who played as a

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International career

Born in France, Ramdane chose to represent the Algeria national team, being selected for the squad for one match; however, he did not participate in the game.

Coaching career

Ramdane was employed together with his father-in-law Ewald Lienen as assistant coach and U-19 coach by Greek club

Panionios F.C. Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'') ...

, from 2006 until 2008. He held the same position previously at German side

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

. They joined

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on 13 May 2009. In June 2010, both moved to

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

where they stayed only for some weeks. In November 2010, Lienen took over as coach of

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

and Ramdane followed as assistant. Both left Bielefeld when they were relegated at the end of the season. In November 2013 he and Lienen were appointed by Romanian club Oțelul Galați as assistant coach and coach respectively. In June 2018, Ramdane was appointed assistant coach to

Luka Elsner Luka Elsner (born 2 August 1982) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of French Ligue 2 team Le Havre. Club career Growing up in France, Elsner began his career at OGC Nice, where he was part of the ...

at Belgian club

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. In the following year, he followed Elsner to French club

Amiens SC Amiens Sporting Club (; commonly referred to as Amiens SC or simply Amiens) is a French association football club based in the northern city of Amiens in the Hauts-de-France region. The club was formed in 1901 and play in Ligue 2, the second d ...

.Amiens SC on Twitter: " [STAFF SAISON 2019/2020 ...
twitter.com, 25 June 2019 Ramdane left Armiens with Elsner at the end of September 2020.

Honours

SC Freiburg * 2. Bundesliga: 2002–03 2. Bundesliga, 2002–03 Nîmes * Coupe de France: finalist 1995–96 Coupe de France, 1995–96

References

Living people 1974 births French sportspeople of Algerian descent French men's footballers Footballers from Nîmes Men's association football forwards Algerian men's footballers FC Hansa Rostock players Nîmes Olympique players SC Freiburg players Le Havre AC players Ligue 1 players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Algerian expatriates in Germany Algerian expatriate men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Greece French expatriate sportspeople in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Greece Association football coaches Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Romania French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium {{Algeria-footy-forward-stub