Djamel Menad (; 22 July 1960 – 22 March 2025) was an Algerian professional

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who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in El Bayadh, Menad started his playing career with

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, before moving to

JS Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Kabyle grammar, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqvayel; Berber languages, Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ; ), known as JS Kabylie or simply JSK, is an Algerian profession ...

. 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

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, 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 JSM Bejaia.

International career

Menad gained the first of his 81

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for

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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

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. There, he appeared in group stage losses against

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and

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. Menad finished third for the 1986

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award. 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.

Doping mystery

In November 2011, Menad, who had a disabled daughter, and his other World Cup Finals teammates called for an investigation into whether their children's disabilities had anything to do with medication ordered to them by Algeria's Soviet coach Evgeni Rogov.

Managerial career

Menad was appointed manager of

USM El Harrach Union Sportive de la Médina d'El Harrach (), known as USM El Harrach or simply USMH for short, is an Algerian Association football, football club based in El Harrach, a suburb of Algiers. The club was founded in 1935 as Union Sportive Musulmane ...

in October 2020.

Death

Menad died on 22 March 2025, at the age of 64.Djamel Menad, légende du football algérien, s’éteint à l’âge de 64 ans

Honours

CR Belouizdad *

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: 1977–78 JS Kabylie * African Cup of champions clubs: 1981 * African Super Cup: 1982 *

: 1995 * 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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