Paradou AC

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Paradou AC
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Full nameParadou Athletic Club
Founded1994
Ground
Algiers, Algeria
Capacity5,000
President
Head CoachTahar Chérif El-Ouazzani[1]
LeagueLigue Professionnelle 1
2020–21Ligue Professionnelle 1, 11th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Paradou Athletic Club (Arabic: نادي أتليتيك بارادو‎), known as Paradou AC or simply PAC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1994 by members of the Hydra AC junior team, the club colours are blue and yellow. Their home stadium, , has a capacity of some 5,000 spectators but the club receives its opponents in Omar Hamadi Stadium. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

In May 2017, Paradou AC returned to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 after a 10 years absence.

History[]

Honours[]

Domestic competitions[]

  • Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
Champion (1): 2016–17

Players[]

Algerian teams are limited to two foreign players. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player;

Current squad[]

As of 16 September 2021.[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Algeria ALG Abderrahmane Medjadel
2 DF Algeria ALG
3 MF Algeria ALG
4 MF Algeria ALG
5 DF Algeria ALG
7 FW Algeria ALG
8 FW Uganda UGA Allan Okello
10 FW Algeria ALG
11 FW Algeria ALG
12 MF Algeria ALG
13 DF Algeria ALG
14 GK Algeria ALG Kheireddine Boussouf
17 FW Algeria ALG
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Algeria ALG
19 MF Algeria ALG
20 DF Algeria ALG
22 DF Algeria ALG
23 FW Algeria ALG
24 DF Algeria ALG
25 DF Algeria ALG
26 FW Algeria ALG (captain)
27 FW Algeria ALG
28 DF Algeria ALG
35 FW Algeria ALG
- DF Algeria ALG
- GK Algeria ALG

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Algeria ALG (at CS Constantine until 30 June 2022)
— FW Algeria ALG Riad Benayad (at ES Sétif until 30 June 2022)
— FW Algeria ALG Zakaria Naidji (at Pau FC until 30 June 2022)

Personnel[]

Current technical staff[]

Position Staff
Head coach Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani
Assistant coach Christophe Gamel
Assistant coach Abdelkader Bouchoucha
Goalkeeping coach Mohamed Zemouli
Fitness coach Ahmed khalil Khebbeb

Paradou AC/JMG "El Ankaoui" Academy[]

In 2007, Paradou AC launched their academy in a partnership with JMG Academy, run by Frenchman Jean-Marc Guillou.[3] The cost of the academy is estimated to be about 600 000 € over 7 years, including the purchase of land at a site in Tessala El Merdja (in the outskirts of Alger), and construction of housing and facilities for the players and staff. Since its creation, the academy has had a tremendous amount of success. The current team is made up of players aged 13 to 15 years old, and they have regularly beaten much older teams, while playing without shoes or a goalie.[4] The team is coached by Olivier Guillou and .[5][6]

Players from Paradou AC to Europe[]

Player Pos Club League Transfer fee Source
Algeria Hicham Boudaoui MF Nice France Ligue 1 4,000,000 € [7]
Algeria Youcef Atal DF KV Kortrijk Belgium Belgian First Division A 550,000 € [8]
Algeria Farid El Mellali FW Angers France Ligue 1 Free transfer [9][10]
Algeria Ramy Bensebaini DF Rennes France Ligue 1 2,000,000 € [11]
Algeria Adem Zorgane MF Charleroi Belgium Belgian First Division A 1,000,000 € [12]
Algeria Abdelkahar Kadri MF Kortrijk Belgium Belgian First Division A 500,000 € [13][14]

Players from Paradou AC to other countries[]

Player Pos Club League Transfer fee Source
Algeria Raouf Benguit MF Espérance ST Tunisia Ligue Professionnelle 1 742,000 $ [15]

References[]

  1. ^ "PARADOU AC : Chérif El Ouezzani nouvel entraineur".
  2. ^ "FICHE DU CLUB: PARADOU AC".
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2009-04-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2009-04-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Loto foot : le destin incroyable de l'équipe Paradou AC !". www.paradouac.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-04-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Officiel : Hichem Boudaoui 4 ans à Nice". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Transfert : Courtrai lève l'option d'achat de Youcef Atal". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Farid El Mellali rejoint officiellement le SCO d'Angers". alg24.net. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Officiel : El Mellali pour 4 ans au SCO Angers". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  11. ^ M-A D (5 July 2016). "Bensebaini pour 4 ans au Stade rennais" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  12. ^ "Mercato : Zorgane signe au Sporting de Charleroi". DZFoot.com. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Mercato : Kadri se dirige vers le KV Courtrai". DZFoot.com. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Mercato : Kadri s'engage avec le KV Courtrai". DZFoot.com. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Raouf Benguit, nouvelle recrue algérienne de l'EST". mosaiquefm.net. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

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