Abdelghani Demmou (; born January 29, 1989) is an Algerian

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player who currently plays for

MC Alger Mouloudia Club d'Alger (), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home stadium, Ali La Pointe Stadium, has a capacit ...

in the

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. He commonly plays as a

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Club career

In the summer of 2009, Demmou was linked with a move to

MC Oran (), known as , commonly referred to as MC Oran for short, is an Algerian professional Association football, football club based in Oran. Founded on 1 January 1917, the club was known as Mouloudia Chaâbia Ouahrania from 1971 to 1977, Mouloudia P ...

. However, his club,

SA Mohammadia Sarri Amel Mohammadia (), known as SA Mohammadia or simply SAM for short, is an Algerian football club located in Mohammadia, Mascara, Algeria. The club was founded in 1930 and its colours are orange and green. Their home stadium, Mohamed Ouali ...

, refused to sell the player. In the summer of 2010, Demmou was again linked with a move away from his club, this time to

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 ...

. SA Mohammadia put a 5 million

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s price tag on the player. He ended up joining the club in July with the transfer details not disclosed. On May 1, 2011, Demmou was a starter for

in the 2011 Algerian Cup Final against

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 ...

. However, they ended up losing the match 1–0. Demmou now plays for MC Alger, where he has won an Algerian Cup. MC Alger won the Final on 2 May 2016 against NA Hussein Dey (1–0).

International career

Demmou was called up to the senior Algeria squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against

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on 2 June 2016.

Honours

* Finalist of the

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once with

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

;ES Sétif *

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: 2014–15 *Algerian Cup with MC Alger: 2015–16

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* * * 1989 births Living people Algerian men's footballers Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players USM El Harrach players ES Sétif players SA Mohammadia players MC Alger players People from Mohammadia, Mascara Sportspeople from Mascara Province Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Algeria Men's association football defenders 21st-century Algerian sportsmen CAF Champions League–winning players {{Algeria-footy-defender-stub