Mahmoud Guendouz (born February 24, 1953 in

El Harrach El Harrach ( Berber: ⵍⵃⴻⵔⵔⴰⵛ , formerly ''Maison-Carrée'') is a suburb of the Algerian capital Algiers. The town is home to USM El Harrach football club and the Higher National Veterinary School is located in the area. Notable pe ...

) is an Algerian former

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and

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. A stalwart of the Algerian national team during its greatest period on the world stage, he appeared at the 1980 Olympics as well as the FIFA World Cups of 1982 and

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. As a club player he was largely based in his homeland, although he also appeared for

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Career

Guendouz played every minute of Algeria's World Cup finals campaign of 1982 and was solid in a campaign in which ''les Fennecs'' won two games out of three and only missed out on the second round due to goal difference. He did blot his copy book, however, with a foul on

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in the game against

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, with

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scoring from the resulting penalty. He also featured in every minute of the country's less impressive 1986 finals campaign. After retiring from the game, Guendouz entered into football management. He was joint manager of Martigues with

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in 1998-99 then sole manager for a spell from 1999 to 2000. Later he would go on to manage Algerian club side

US Biskra Union Sportive de Biskra, (), known as US Biskra or simply USB for short, is an Algerian football club based in Biskra. The club was founded in 1934 and the club colours are green and black. Their home stadium, Complexe Sportif d'El Alia, has a ...

.Interview with Guendouz
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* 1953 births Living people People from El Harrach Algerian footballers Association football defenders JS El Biar players FC Martigues players NA Hussein Dey players Ligue 2 players Algerian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Algerian expatriate sportspeople in France Algeria international footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1986 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers of Algeria Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics 1980 African Cup of Nations players 1984 African Cup of Nations players 1986 African Cup of Nations players Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Algeria Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in football Algerian football managers Al Jazira Club managers FC Martigues managers US Biskra managers Nejmeh SC managers NA Hussein Dey managers Lebanese Premier League managers Algerian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate football managers in Bahrain Expatriate football managers in France Expatriate football managers in Lebanon Expatriate football managers in the State of Palestine Algerian expatriate sportspeople in the State of Palestine Algerian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-footy-defender-stub