Djamel Menad ( ar, جمال مناد; born 22 July 1960) is an Algerian retired professional

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, who played as a forward and who manages

USM El Harrach Union Sportive de la Médina d'El Harrach ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الحراش), known as USM El Harrach or simply USMH for short, is an Algerian football club based in El Harrach, Algiers. The club was founded in 1935 ...

Club career

Born in

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, Menad started his playing career with

CR Belouizdad Chabab Riadhi de Belouizdad S.s.p.a (Classical Arabic: الشّباب الرّياضيّ لبلوزداد, English Translation: Sporting Club of Belouizdad), known as ''Chabab Belouizdad'' or ''CR Belouizdad'' or simply ''CRB'' for short, is a ...

, before moving to JS Kabylie. In 1987, he signed with French side

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, competing in three

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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

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in 1995) and

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

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International career

Menad gained the first of his 81 caps for

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in 1982. Previously, in 1980, he played

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football in Moscow, helping the national team to the quarterfinals. Menad was selected to the squad for the

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. There, he appeared in group stage losses against

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and

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. In

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, he helped the hosts win the

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, 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.

Managerial career

Menad was appointed manager of

in October 2020.

Honours

CR Belouizdad *

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: 1977–78 JS Kabylie *

: 1994–95 * Algerian League: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1994–95 * Algerian Cup: 1985–86 Algeria *

: 1990 Individual *

top scorer: 1990 *

Team of the Tournament:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Menad, Djamel 1960 births Living people People from El Bayadh Kabyle people Algerian footballers Association football forwards JS El Biar players CR Belouizdad players JS Kabylie players Ligue 2 players Nîmes Olympique players Primeira Liga players F.C. Famalicão players C.F. Os Belenenses players Algeria international footballers Algeria youth international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players 1984 African Cup of Nations players 1986 African Cup of Nations players 1988 African Cup of Nations players 1990 African Cup of Nations players 1992 African Cup of Nations players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Olympic footballers of Algeria Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Algerian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Portugal Algerian expatriate sportspeople in France Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Algerian football managers USM Alger managers USM Annaba managers JSM Béjaïa managers CR Belouizdad managers MC Alger managers Al-Wehda Club (Mecca) managers USM El Harrach managers Saudi First Division League managers Algerian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia 21st-century Algerian people