Djamel Belmadi

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Djamel Belmadi
Belmadi in 2024
Personal information
Full name Djamel Belmadi[1]
Date of birth (1976-03-25) 25 March 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Paris Saint-Germain 1 (0)
1996–1997 Martigues 31 (8)
1997–1998 Marseille 0 (0)
1998–1999 Cannes 26 (6)
1999–2003 Marseille 48 (9)
1999–2000 →
Celta Vigo
(loan)		 10 (0)
2003 → Manchester City (loan) 8 (0)
2003–2004
Al-Ittihad
2004–2005
Al-Kharitiyath
2005–2007 Southampton 36 (3)
2007–2009 Valenciennes 37 (2)
Total 197 (28)
International career
2000–2004 Algeria 20 (5)
Managerial career
2010–2012
Lekhwiya
2013–2014 Qatar B
2014–2015 Qatar
2015–2018 Al-Duhail
2018–2024 Algeria
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Algeria (as manager)
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2019
Representing  Qatar (as manager)
WAFF Championship
Winner 2014
Arabian Gulf Cup
Winner 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Djamel Belmadi (

Arabic: جَمَال بَلمَاضِيّ; born 25 March 1976) is a professional football coach and former player who last managed the Algeria national team
. Born in France, he represented Algeria internationally between 2000 and 2004.

As a player he was

Al-Kharitiyath. Born in France, he played internationally for Algeria
and was capped 20 times.

As a coach he has managed

Lekhwiya, Qatar B, Qatar, Al-Duhail
and recently Algeria.

Club career

France and Spain

Born in

Celta Vigo
.

In January 2000, Belmadi returned to Marseille, eventually securing a regular place in the first team's midfield in 2000–01. In January 2001, he made good use of a rare opportunity presented him to play in Marseille's attack, when Liberian maestro George Weah—who had been the main attacker—was away on international duty with the Lone Stars of Liberia. Belmadi seized the opportunity to score a vital goal for Marseille against fellow strugglers Toulouse to keep Marseille just outside the relegation zone.

On 14 April 2001, he scored the winning goal in Marseille's 2–1 victory over Sedan, before a near–60,000 crowd, giving Bernard Tapie's team a much needed lifeline out of relegation.

Manchester City

In January 2003, Belmadi had fallen out of favour at Marseille, now managed by Alain Perrin, who agreed to loan him to Kevin Keegan’s Manchester City after a successful trial. He joined ranks with fellow Algerian, Ali Benarbia.

He made his full debut for Manchester City on 29 January 2003 at Maine Road in a 4–1 victory against Fulham (alongside another recruit from the French league – David Sommeil).

In Belmadi's brief time at Manchester City, he only made 2 starts and 6 substitute appearances, the last of which was in a 1–0 defeat against Southampton on 11 May 2003 in the final league game at Maine Road. The only goal was scored by Michael Svensson.

Although Kevin Keegan liked Belmadi's style of play, he conceded that he could not afford another free spirit in a side already containing Eyal Berkovic and Ali Bernabia, so Belmadi returned to Marseille.

In August 2003, he was released by Marseille and played the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons in

Al-Kharitiyath
.

Southampton

In July 2005, after trials at

Wolverhampton Wanderers. His contract was extended until the end of the 2005–06 season after impressive performances in his early games, including a goal against Crewe Alexandra
on 27 August 2005. In January 2006, he picked up a thigh injury, which put him out of the team until April.

Belmadi had, however, done enough to persuade Southampton, now managed by

the Championship.[2]

Valenciennes

After being released by Southampton, Belmadi returned to France and joined Valenciennes. He retired from football in 2009.

International career

Belmadi made his debut for

2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition before being defeated by Morocco in the quarter-finals. Belmadi last played for Algeria in a World Cup qualifier against Zimbabwe
on 20 June 2004, having made 20 appearances and scoring 5 goals.

Managerial career

Lekhwiya

Al Sadd

In the summer of 2010, Belmadi was appointed as the head coach of newly promoted

2010 Sheikh Jassem Cup, where they lost to Al Arabi
. For the second time,
Lekhwiya won the 2011–12 Qatar Stars League
title, under the management of Belmadi. He resigned on 8 October 2012 after a bad start of the 2012–13 season.

Qatar B

In December 2013, Belmadi was appointed as head coach of the

2014 WAFF Championship on home soil. He called up a number of foreigners to the national team, including compatriots Boualem Khoukhi and Karim Boudiaf after being informed by the QFA that they were eligible to compete for Qatar.[4] Qatar were crowned champions of the 2014 WAFF Championship after defeating Jordan on 7 January.[5]
They finished the tournament undefeated, with 10 goals scored and a single goal conceded.

Qatar senior team

On 15 March 2014, Belmadi was unveiled as the new head coach of the

2014 Gulf Cup of Nations by beating host Saudi Arabia in the final. However, Qatar showed a poor form in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and was eliminated in the group stages after three consecutive defeats by United Arab Emirates, Iran and Bahrain. He was dismissed from his post on 30 April 2015.[9]

Al-Duhail

On 19 June 2015, Belmadi was appointed for the second time in his career to coach

Lekhwiya; he was a replacement for Michael Laudrup
.

Algeria

On 2 August 2018, Belmadi became the manager of the Algeria national team.[10] At his second international football championship (having coached Qatar in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup), Belmadi's Algerian team was not considered a serious contender for the trophy because Algeria's performance in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was not promising, despite topping the group with two draws to Gambia and an away-loss to Benin. The unimpressive qualification campaign increased the pressure on Belmadi.

Despite heavy criticism, Belmadi led Algeria to success and earned his first international trophy. Algeria defeated every opponent on its road to the final of the

final. Algeria won its second continental title and became the North African second team, after Egypt, to win more than one AFCON trophy.[11]

In the 2021 AFCON, the defending champions Algeria finished last in their group to be eliminated from the tournament.[12] During the 2022 World Cup qualification third round, Algeria failed to qualify to the final tournament in Qatar, having lost on away goals rule against Cameroon following a 2–2 draw on aggregate.[13]

In January 2023, Belmadi extended his contract until 2026.[14]

In the 2023 AFCON held in Ivory Coast, Algeria led by Belmadi exited the tournament after their defeat against Mauritania, without scoring any win in the group phase.[15] On 24 January 2024, Belmadi's position as national team manager was terminated by mutual consent.[16] However, despite immediately resigning himself in front of the players, Belmadi asked the FAF for a severance package worth 29 months of salary, equivalent to €7 million. Faced with a refusal from the FAF, he then threatened to bring the matter to the FIFA for a ruling.[17]

Bank theft incident

While Belmadi was with Manchester City, he, along with players

Vicente Vuoso, were the victims of a theft by two bank workers. At the time that Belmadi left Manchester City, he left £230,000 in an account with the Co-operative Bank
. In total, the bank workers stole more than £350,000 from the accounts of the three players.

In January 2006, the bank workers, Paul Sherwood, a cashier, and Paul Hanley, his supervisor, were jailed for 32 months and 12 months respectively.[18][19]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year[20]
National team Year Apps Goals
Algeria 2000 2 0
2001 6 2
2002 1 2
2003 3 1
2004 8 0
Total 20 5
Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Belmadi goal.
List of international goals scored by Djamel Belmadi
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 January 2001
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
, Algeria 		 Namibia 1–0 1–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 6 October 2001 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France  France 1–3 1–4
Friendly
3 11 October 2002
Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
, Algeria 		 Chad 3–0 4–1 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification
4 11 October 2002 Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba, Algeria  Chad 4–0 4–1 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification
5 12 February 2003 Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba, Algeria  Belgium 1–3 1–3 Friendly

Managerial statistics

As of match played 23 January 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
Lekhwiya SC
 1 July 2010 8 October 2012 42 27 9 6 064.3
Qatar Qatar B December 2013 January 2014 5 5 0 0 100.0
 Qatar 15 March 2014 30 April 2015 20 9 7 4 045.0
Lekhwiya SC
 19 January 2015 12 July 2018 104 72 15 17 069.2
 Algeria 18 August 2018 24 January 2024 64 41 17 6 064.1
Total 257 169 55 33 065.8

Honours

As a player

Individual

As a manager

Al-Duhail

Qatar B

  • 2014

Qatar

  • 2014

Algeria

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Algeria Football Federation". FIFA. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Belmadi leaves". saintsfc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  3. ^ Verts : Bons débuts de Belmadi à la tête de Lekhwiya Archived 22 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Qatar calls up Algerian duo of Boualem Khoukhi and Karim Boudiaf". dzfoot.com. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  5. ^ "QFA CELEBRATES WAFF CHAMPIONSHIP TRIUMPH". qfa. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  6. ^ "BELMADI IS NEW QATAR COACH; THANI TO MANAGE OLYMPIC SQUAD". qfa.com.qa. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Khalfan helps Qatar to historic win". dohastadiumplusqatar.com. 14 October 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  8. ^ "منتخب قطر يظهر مؤشرات على التطور مع بلماضي". alkass. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Algerian coach Djamel Belmadi sacked by Qatar" BBC Sports. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  10. ^ Mezahi, Maher (2 August 2018). "Algeria appoint former international Djamel Belmadi as new coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Algeria celebrate second Afcon title after beating Senegal". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019.
  12. ^ "AFCON 2021: Champions Algeria eliminated in group stages". Citi Sports Online. 20 January 2022. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Algeria 1-2 Cameroon (aet) (2-2 on agg.): Indomitable Lions book World Cup berth". Goal.com. 30 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Algeria head coach Djamel Belmadi signs new deal". BBC Sport. 6 January 2023.
  15. ^ Beardmore, Michael (23 January 2024). "Mauritania 1–0 Algeria". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Afcon 2023: Algeria part company with coach Djamel Belmadi after group-stage exit". BBC Sport. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  17. ^ Rafik Tadjer (26 January 2024). "Équipe d'Algérie : Belmadi réclamerait plus de 7 millions d'euros pour partir". tsa-algerie.com (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Two bankers admit theft from City players". news.lifestyle.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  19. ^ "Jail after thefts from football stars". thescotsman.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  20. ^ Djamel Belmadi at National-Football-Teams.com
  21. ^ "Belmadi pour une grande première (in French)". lebuteur.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  22. ^ "Algeria hold on against Senegal to win Afcon". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019.
  23. ^ "Mane, Oshoala named African Footballers of 2019 at CAF Awards". CAFOnline.com. CAF. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  24. ^ "IFFHS".

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