Djamel Menad

Djamel Menad

Personal information
Full name	Djamel Menad
Date of birth	22 July 1960 (1960-07-22) (age 51)
Place of birth	El Bayadh, Algeria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1975–1977	JS El Biar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1977–1981	CR Belouizdad	?	(?)
1981–1987	JS Kabylie	?	(?)
1987–1990	Nîmes	78	(27)
1990–1992	Famalicão	58	(17)
1992–1993	Belenenses	26	(3)
1994–1996	JS Kabylie	?	(?)
1996–1997	USM Alger	?	(?)
Total		?	(?)
National team
1982–1995	Algeria	81	(25)
Teams managed
2005–2007	USM Alger
2007–2011	JSM Béjaïa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Djamel Menad (Arabic: جمال مناد‎; born 22 July 1960 in El Bayadh) is a retired Algerian footballer who played as a forward, and a current manager.

Club career

Menad started his playing career with CR Belouizdad, before moving to JS Kabylie. In 1987, he signed with French side Nîmes Olympique, competing in three Ligue 2 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 African Cup Winners' Cup in 1995) and USM Alger.

In 2005, Menad started coaching, managing his last team as a player. On 14 May 2011, he was fired from his post at JSM Bejaia.^[1]

International career

Menad gained the first of his 81 caps for Algeria in 1982. Previously, in 1980, he played Olympic football in Moscow, helping the national team to the quarterfinals.

Menad was selected to the squad for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. There, he appeared in group stage losses against Brazil and Spain.^[2] In 1990, he helped the hosts win the Africa Cup of Nations, finishing as the competition's top scorer with four goals.

Menad finished third for the 1986 African Footballer of the Year award.

Honours

Club

• CR Belouizdad:
  • Algerian Cup: 1977–78

• JS Kabylie:
  • African Cup Winners' Cup: 1994–95
  • Algerian League: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1994–95
  • Algerian Cup: 1985–86

Country

• Africa Cup of Nations: 1990

Individual

• Africa Cup of Nations: Top scorer 1990

References

1. ^ L1: JSM Béjaïa, Djamel Menad quitte son poste (L1: JSM Béjaïa, Djamel Menad leaves post); DZ Foot, 14 May 2011 (French)
2. ^ Djamel Menad – FIFA competition record

External links

• Profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Djamel Menad at National-Football-Teams.com

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Name	Menad, Djamel
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Date of birth	22 July 1960
Place of birth	El Bayadh, Algeria
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