Mohamed Kouradji (14 March 1952 – 9 July 2020) was an Algerian football referee.

Biography

Born in

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, Kouradji began refereeing in the 1980s. He refereed several international matches, including the qualifying for the

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, the

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, the

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, and a 1996 Africa Cup game in

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between

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and

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. Kouradji refereed the

1995–96 Algerian Cup The 1995–96 Algerian Cup was the 31st edition of the Algerian Cup. MC Oran won the Cup by defeating USM Blida Union Sportive Madinat Blida ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة البليدة), known as USM Blida or simply USMB, i ...

championship game between

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and USM Bilda. He retired from refereeing in 1998 after a 20-year career. He then worked as an executive at SIMCO and a director with the Ligue inter-régions de football. Mohamed Kouradji died on 9 July 2020, in his hometown of Constantine at the age of 68, from

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during the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.

References

Algerian football referees People from Constantine, Algeria 1952 births 2020 deaths Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria 21st-century Algerian people {{referee-stub