Saâdi Radouani

Saâdi Radouani (; born 18 March 1995) is an Algerian footballer who plays for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. He plays primarily as a right-back.

Career

Saâdi Radouani started his career with the youth of Stade africain sétifien then moved to USM Sétif where did he play as a striker, after which he moved to the neighbor ES Sétif. In 2010, Radouani joined the youth of USM Alger where did he win four consecutive championships with them. In the 2015–16 season, Radouani signed his first professional contract and his first match was against USM Blida. At the end of the season, Radouani won the first title in his football career by winning the Ligue 1 title.

JS Kabylie

Saâdi Radouani started the search phase for a club that would give him the chance to play more especially since he was at the end of his contract, where he receive several offers including a call from the President of CA Batna, The manager of ES Setif and CR Belouizdad also contacted him, and with the departure of Mohamed Khoutir Ziti from JS Kabylie, Radouani was presented to Mohand Chérif Hannachi by someone who gave him guarantees, to decide to sign with him for two seasons. In the first match of the season against JS Saoura there was talk of the disappearance of Radouani's license, He said that the matter does not concern him as he is just a player and he said that the administration is responsible for that if there is a problem. Despite the departure of Hannachi, Radouani continued to shine where Azzedine Aït Djoudi put confidence in him and reached the Algerian Cup final with his team where they were defeated. At the end of his contract, Radouani was expected to renew his contract and with the arrival of a new president Chérif Mellal, he asked Radouani to wait for his return, but after learned that he had negotiated with a player in the same position, Radouani decided not to renew his contract.

ES Sétif

Saâdi Radouani started negotiations to join MC Alger especially since Bernard Casoni requested him to agree on everything with Kamel Kaci-Saïd. However, Hassan Hammar president of ES Sétif went to his family home where he met his father and in order to be close to his family and fulfill his dream of playing in the heart team Radouani signed a contract for two seasons, then he called Kaci-Saïd to apologize. In the first season Radouani was a key player in the team, despite not winning any title and ES Sétif settled for the semi-finals in the Algerian Cup and the Champions League. In the second season his problems began with injury and stated that he was playing with injections, although he did not receive eleven months’ salaries, and after the Ligue 1 stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria, Radouani received a call from the administration who asked him to give up six months of his salary before talking about renewing the contract, then decides to search for a new club.

USM Alger

On August 17, 2020, Saâdi Radouani signed a two-year contract with USM Alger, returning to his former club after five years. In the second league match against JS Saoura away from home Radouani scored his first goal with USMA in a match that ended in a 2–2 draw. On June 30, 2022, Radouani were invited to negotiate a new contract, officials quickly reached an agreement with him in question to extend their contract for another two seasons. On June 3, 2023, Radouani won the first international title in his football career by winning the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup after defeating Young Africans of Tanzania. On August 16, 2023, Radouani renewed his contract for two seasons until 2026 along with nine other players. On 15 September 2023, Radouani won the CAF Super Cup title after winning against Al Ahly, it is the second African title with USM Alger in three months.

International career

On January 2, 2023, Radouani was selected for the 28-man squad to participate in the 2022 African Nations Championship.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

USM Alger
* Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2015-16
* Algerian Cup: 2024–25
* CAF Confederation Cup: 2022–23
* CAF Super Cup: 2023

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1995 births
Algerian men's footballers
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
ES Sétif players
JS Kabylie players
Living people
Footballers from Sétif
USM Alger players
USM Sétif players
Men's association football defenders
21st-century Algerian sportsmen
Algeria men's A' international footballers
2022 African Nations Championship players