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{{Short description|Algerian footballer (1960–2025)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Djamel Menad
| image = Djamelmenad.jpg
| caption = Menad in 1986
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1960|7|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[El Bayadh]], [[Algeria]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|3|22|1960|7|22|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Algiers]], [[Algeria]]
| height = 1.75 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1975–1977 | youthclubs1 = [[JS El Biar]]
| years1 = 1977–1981 | clubs1 = [[CR Belouizdad]]                       | caps1 =    | goals1 = 
| years2 = 1981–1987 | clubs2 = [[JS Kabylie]]                          | caps2 =    | goals2 = 
| years3 = 1987–1990 | clubs3 = [[Nîmes Olympique|Nîmes]]               | caps3 = 78 | goals3 = 27
| years4 = 1990–1992 | clubs4 = [[F.C. Famalicão|Famalicão]]            | caps4 = 58 | goals4 = 17
| years5 = 1992–1993 | clubs5 = [[C.F. Os Belenenses|Belenenses]]       | caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 3
| years6 = 1993–1994 | clubs6 = [[Al-Najma SC (Saudi Arabia)|Al-Najma]] | caps6 =    | goals6 = 
| years7 = 1994–1996 | clubs7 = [[JS Kabylie]]                          | caps7 =    | goals7 = 
| years8 = 1996–1997 | clubs8 = [[USM Alger]]                           | caps8 =    | goals8 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1980–1995 | nationalteam1 = [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]] | nationalcaps1 = 81 | nationalgoals1 = 25
| manageryears1  = 1995–1996 | managerclubs1 = [[JS Kabylie]] (playing assistant)
| manageryears2  = 2005      | managerclubs2 = [[USM Alger]]
| manageryears3  = 2005–2006 | managerclubs3 = [[USM Annaba]]
| manageryears4  = 2008–2009 | managerclubs4 = [[JSM Béjaïa]]
| manageryears5  = 2011–2012 | managerclubs5 = [[CR Belouizdad]]
| manageryears6  = 2012–2013 | managerclubs6 = [[MC Alger]]
| manageryears7  = 2014      | managerclubs7 = [[Al-Wehda Club (Mecca)|Al-Wehda Club]]
| manageryears8  = 2016      | managerclubs8 = [[MC Alger]]
| manageryears9  = 2017–2018 | managerclubs9 = [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]] (assistant)
| manageryears10 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs10 = [[USM El Harrach]]
| manageryears11 = 2023      | managerclubs11 = [[JS Kabylie]] (director of sport)
}}

'''Djamel Menad''' ({{langx|ar|جمال مناد}}; 22 July 1960 – 22 March 2025) was an Algerian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]].

==Club career==
Born in [[El Bayadh]], Menad started his playing career with [[CR Belouizdad]], before moving to [[JS Kabylie]]. In 1987, he signed with French side [[Nîmes Olympique]], competing in three [[Ligue 2]] seasons and appearing in nearly 100 official games. In [[1989–90 French Division 2|1989–90]], he scored a career-best – in Europe – 12 goals in 27 games, but his team fell short of promotion after finishing in third position.

Menad spent the following three seasons in Portugal, appearing for [[F.C. Famalicão]] (two seasons) and [[C.F. Os Belenenses]], always in the [[Primeira Liga|top division]]. Subsequently, aged 33, he returned to his country and retired four years later, after stints with former club Kabylie (where he won the [[African Cup Winners' Cup]] in 1995) and [[USM Alger]].

In 2005, Menad started coaching, managing his last team as a player.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} On 14 May 2011, he was fired from his post at [[JSM Bejaia]].<ref>[http://www.dzfoot.com/news-9087/l1-jsm-bejaia-djamel-menad-quitte-son-poste/ L1: JSM Béjaïa, Djamel Menad quitte son poste (L1: JSM Béjaïa, Djamel Menad leaves post)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522073147/http://www.dzfoot.com/news-9087/l1-jsm-bejaia-djamel-menad-quitte-son-poste/ |date=22 May 2011 }}; DZ Foot, 14 May 2011 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

==International career==
Menad gained the first of his 81 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]] in 1982. Previously, in 1980, he played [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic]] football in Moscow, helping the national team to [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|the quarterfinals]].

Menad was selected to the squad for the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]. There, he appeared in group stage losses against [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] and [[Spain national football team|Spain]].<ref>{{FIFA player|54072}}</ref> Menad finished third for the 1986 [[African Footballer of the Year]] award.

In [[1990 Africa Cup of Nations|1990]], he helped the hosts win the [[Africa Cup of Nations]], finishing as the competition's top scorer with four goals.

==Doping mystery==
In November 2011, Menad, who had a disabled daughter, and his other World Cup Finals teammates called for an investigation into whether their children's disabilities had anything to do with medication ordered to them by Algeria's Soviet coach [[Evgeni Rogov]].<ref>[http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/6/54/26831/Sports/Africa/Algerian-players-seek-probe-into-disabled-children.aspx Algerian players seek probe into disabled children] – Ahram Online</ref>

==Managerial career==
Menad was appointed manager of [[USM El Harrach]] in October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dzfoot.com/2020/10/14/ligue-1-menad-nouveau-coach-de-lusmh-190059.php|title=Ligue 2 : Menad nouveau coach de l'USMH}}</ref>

==Death==
Menad died on 22 March 2025, at the age of 64.<ref>[https://www.tsa-algerie.com/djamel-menad-legende-du-football-algerien-seteint-a-lage-de-64-ans/ Djamel Menad, légende du football algérien, s’éteint à l’âge de 64 ans] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''CR Belouizdad'''
* [[Algerian Cup]]: 1977–78

'''JS Kabylie'''
* [[CAF Champions League|African Cup of champions clubs]]: 1981
* African Super Cup: 1982
* [[African Cup Winners' Cup]]: 1995
* [[Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1|Algerian League]]: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1994–95
* Algerian Cup: 1985–86

'''Algeria'''
*[[Africa Cup of Nations]]: 1990

'''Individual'''
*[[Africa Cup of Nations]] top scorer: 1990
*[[Africa Cup of Nations]] Team of the Tournament:[[1984 African Cup of Nations|1984]], [[1990 African Cup of Nations|1990]]

==References==
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==External links==
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{{1984 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament}}
{{1990 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament}}
{{Africa Cup of Nations top scorers}}
{{USM Alger managers}}
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