Djamel Menad: Career Stats, Clubs, Age & Nationality

Djamel Menad: profile

Djamel Menad (born 22 July 1960 in El Bayadh, Algeria) was an Algerian footballer who played as a forward. He died on 22 March 2025.

Menad started out at JS El Biar in 1975. He played for 8 clubs in 4 countries between 1975 and 1997. The busiest spell of his career was at Nîmes Olympique (1987–1990): 78 appearances and 27 goals. Across all recorded club spells he totals 122 appearances and 33 goals.

At international level, Menad represented Algeria (1982–1995), earning 81 caps and scoring 25 goals. Our match database lists 12 of his international goals; the first came against Ghana on 8 March 1984 (Africa Cup of Nations).

El Bayadh has produced 4 footballers in our database, including Mohamed El Amine Aouad, Abbas Mohamed Djallal Aïssaoui and Walid Alati.

Key facts

Senior international debut: 1982 (aged about 22)
First international goal: 1984 – aged 23 (match)
Club career: 1975–1997 (23 seasons)
Countries played in: 4: Algeria, France, Portugal and Saudi Arabia
Club goals per game: 0.27 (33 in 122)
Height: 176 cm — taller than 29% of Algerian internationals on record
Latest move: USM Alger (1996)
Shares a birthday with: Yankuba Minteh, Aubrey Modiba and Cyril Domoraud (more)

Club career

Years	Club	League	Apps	Goals
1975–1977	JS El Biar		–	–
1976–1981	CR Belouizdad	Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1	–	–
1981–1987	JS Kabylie	Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1	–	–
1987–1990	Nîmes Olympique	Championnat National 1	78	27
1990–1991	FC Famalicão	Primeira Liga	–	–
1991–1993	C.F. Os Belenenses	Liga Portugal 2	–	–
1993–1994	Al-Najma	Saudi First Division League	–	–
1994–1996	JS Kabylie	Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1	22	3
1996–1997	USM Alger	Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1	22	3
	Total		122	33

Appearances and goals are league figures where recorded on Wikidata; “–” means not recorded.

International career

Years	Team	Level	Caps	Goals
1982–1995	Algeria	Senior	81	25

International goals (12)

#	Date	Match	Min	Competition
1	8 Mar 1984	Algeria 2–0 Ghana	75	Africa Cup of Nations
2	19 Apr 1985	Algeria 3–2 Angola	42	World Cup Qualification
3	6 Oct 1985	Tunisia 1–4 Algeria	43	World Cup Qualification
4	6 Oct 1985	Tunisia 1–4 Algeria	87	World Cup Qualification
5	18 Oct 1985	Algeria 3–0 Tunisia	34	World Cup Qualification
6	6 Jan 1989	Algeria 3–0 Zimbabwe	10	World Cup Qualification
7	6 Jan 1989	Algeria 3–0 Zimbabwe	26	World Cup Qualification
8	25 Jun 1989	Zimbabwe 1–2 Algeria	38	World Cup Qualification
9	2 Mar 1990	Algeria 5–1 Nigeria	69	Africa Cup of Nations
10	2 Mar 1990	Algeria 5–1 Nigeria	72	Africa Cup of Nations
11	5 Mar 1990	Algeria 3–0 Ivory Coast	23	Africa Cup of Nations
12	12 Mar 1990	Algeria 2–1 Senegal	4	Africa Cup of Nations