Farid El Melali

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Farid El Melali
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El Melali in 2020
Personal information
Full name Farid El Melali
Date of birth (1997-05-05) May 5, 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Blida, Algeria
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Angers
Number 28
Youth career
2013–2016 Paradou AC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Paradou AC 45 (8)
2018– Angers 28 (3)
National team‡
2015–2016 Algeria U20 6 (4)
2017– Algeria U23 4 (2)
2018– Algeria 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 May 2020

Farid El Melali (Arabic: فريد الملالي‎; born May 5, 1997) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Angers SCO and the Algeria national team.

Club career[]

On August 9, 2018, El Melali joined Ligue 1 side Angers SCO, signing a four-year contract.[1] In May 2020, El Melali signed an extension until 2023.[2]

Personal life[]

In May 2020, El Melali was seen masturbating in the courtyard of his block of flats while looking at a woman who lives on the ground floor. He was arrested and charged by French police with public masturbation.[3] He later apologized for his behavior, as he wrote: "In the past few days, I've lived through very hard and stressful period, whether mentally or physically, I've been criticized and toughly judged. I understand how hard it was for the people who have received the news, because no one can forgive this kind of behavior".[4]

In July 2020, El Melali was arrested for the same offence, the second in three months.[5] In October, he was given a six-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months, fined €2,000 and made to pay compensation of €1,600 and €2,300 to two victims.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Farid El Melali s'engage 4 ans au SCO !" (in French). Angers SCO. August 9, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "Farid El Melali prolonge jusqu'en 2023" (in French). Angers SCO. May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "Angers' El Melali charged with sexual exhibition". ESPN.com. May 5, 2020.
  4. ^ "Algerian Footballer Farid El Melali Arrested for Masturbating in Front of His Neighbors!". albawaba.com. May 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "Angers forward Farid El Melali arrested after second public masturbation charge in just three months". Talksport. July 9, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  6. ^ Mercier, Cyprien (October 29, 2020). "Angers-SCO. Exhibitions sexuelles : Farid El Melali condamné à six mois de prison avec sursis" [Angers-SCO. Sexual exhibitionism: Farid El Melali given six-month suspended sentence]. Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved February 5, 2021.

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