Mouldi Aïssaoui (, born July 26, 1946) in

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, Tunisia, is an Algerian former

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and former Minister of Youth and Sports, made his football debut in Annaba's second club, the JBAC Annaba. Arrived in

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to continue his higher education, he joined

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where he proved to be a very good element in attack. Aïssaoui definitely hangs up under the colors of US Santé to take care only of his

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's office.

Personal life

Mouldi Aïssaoui coaching career was not great as he trained his former club

in the 1992–93 season with three coaches:

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, Hamoui and

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, and in the following season he became the Chairman of the Board of Directors of

, At the same time he was the president of the

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. On January 5, 1996, Aïssaoui became Algerian Minister of Youth and Sports in the government of

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. In June of the same year he announced that the Federation and the Algerian Football League were dissolved, and that their leaders were suspended for five years from all sporting activity. Days later

’s government changed and Aïssaoui was removed from the position of Minister of Youth and Sports and replaced by Mohamed Aziz Derouaz. On April 29, 2011,

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was appointed Mouldi Aïssaoui as General Director of USM Alger. Less than a year after taking office On February 28, 2012 Aïssaoui announced his resignation from his post as general manager of société sportive et commerciale (SSPA) of

, accusing certain parties in the club of "conspiring" against him. Aïssaoui stated "I had a frank discussion with USMA President

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, during which I informed him of my decision to leave my position. He certainly wanted to talk me out of it, but I made him understand that this decision was irrevocable". After the

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was eliminated from qualifying for the

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, FAF president Charaf-Eddine Amara submitted his resignation to declare after that Aïssaoui that Amara does not know anything about football and that he was appointed, and signed by Charaf-Eddine Amara under the powers granted to him, especially Article 39.2 of the Statute of the Federation decisions regarding the temporary suspension of two members of the Federal Office, Mouldi Aïssaoui and Amar Bahloul.

Club career

Mouldi Aïssaoui made his football debut in

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's second club, Arrived in

to continue his higher education, Aïssaoui joined

said that at first he was not supposed to play there because he moved to study and JBAC Annaba refused to release him and said that he aspired to a quiet blood ball, but his friend Ahmed Lakhdar Attoui called Mr. Alouache, who convinced me to train with the red and black. He worked with

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as a coach. Leaders would make him eat in the restaurant and not in the university because he was too skinny, Despite the prestigious names within the team Aïssaoui took advantage of his chance in

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against

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, where Ben Tifour entered him as a substitute and scored the winning goal and in the next match against

AS Aïn M'lila Association Sportive Aïn M'lila (), commonly known as AS Aïn M'lila or simply ASAM for short, is an Algerian football club based in Aïn M'lila. The club was founded in 1933 and its colours are red and black. Their home stadium, Zoubir Khelifi ...

he also scored the winning goal. Aïssaoui definitely hangs up under the colors of US Santé to take care only of his dental surgeon's office.

International career

Mouldi Aïssaoui's career with the Algerian national team was not great as he was satisfied with playing five games, and the first call-up was in the 1970 African Cup qualification against

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in a match that ended in defeat with a goal and eliminated the Algerian team from qualifying to the

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after a draw in the second leg. His last match with Algeria was in the 1972 Summer Olympics Qualifiers against

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on April 11, 1971, and ended in a 2–2 draw.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

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runners–up: 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aïssaoui, Mouldi 1946 births Living people Algerian men's footballers Algeria men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders USM Alger players 21st-century Algerian people