Mounir Zeghdoud (; born 18 November 1970) is an Algerian former

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player and the current manager of US Biskra.

International career

On 26 November 1995 Mounir Zeghdoud played for the first time against

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in friendly match ended in a draw 0–0. Zaghdoud participated in the

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is s ...

three times, the first was in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

and participated in all matches, Where was the Algerian national team eliminated from the group stage, The second in

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

with manager Nacer Sandjak selecting Zeghdoud for his 22-man squad. where Algeria reached the quarter-finals but Zeghdoud did not participate in any match, The last African tournament Zeghdoud participated was in

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and eliminated from the group stage and Zeghdoud played only one game against

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, His last match with the national team was on 3 July 2004, in

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against

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which ended in a 1–0 loss.

Career statistics

Club

Managerial career

On 3 March 2020 Mounir Zeghdoud joined USM Alger for one season, after

Billel Dziri Billel Dziri (; born 21 January 1972) is an Algerian football manager, former player and the current head coach of ES Ben Aknoun. After starting off with NA Hussein Dey, Dziri played most of his career with USM Alger and had spells with Étoil ...

resigned from his post. and although USM Alger announced that it would contract with a great coach for the new season, However Zeghdoud achieved good results as it stopped football in Algeria due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria. With the start of the season the club contracted with a new coach and they asked Zeghdoud to be an assistant which he refused and said "I signed a contract until the end of the season. Now, if the management decides to hire a new coach for the next year, I will be forced to leave the club. I refuse the idea of taking the deputy position". On 8 March 2021 Zeghdoud returned to USM Alger and went with them until the end of the season after agreeing with Achour Djelloul club president.

Managerial statistics

Honours

As a player

;

USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger (); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a Association football, football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black. Their home sta ...

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(3): 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05 *

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(4):

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

; JSM Béjaïa *

(1):

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zeghdoud, Mounir 1970 births Living people Algerian men's footballers Algeria men's international footballers 1998 African Cup of Nations players 2000 African Cup of Nations players 2002 African Cup of Nations players CS Constantine players JSM Béjaïa players USM Alger players Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Footballers from Constantine, Algeria Men's association football defenders Algerian football managers USM Alger managers CS Constantine managers US Biskra managers JSM Béjaïa managers ASM Oran managers RC Kouba managers DRB Tadjenanet managers Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 managers 21st-century Algerian people