Asked by journalist Yassin Maloumi, the former president of the Algerian Football Federation, Mohamed Al-Ayeb, revealed the fact that he brought Jamel Belmadi to the Algerian national team.

When he appeared as a guest on “Sports Harvest” program on “Shorouk News” channel, the former president of the Algerian Football Federation, Mohamed Al-Ayeb, confirmed that he was behind the bringing of Djamel Belmadi to play for the Algerian national team. .

Belmadi, then a national selector, as a player donning the colors of the Algerian national team to play a match in the qualifiers for the African Cup of Nations finals at the time, recounted the details of Al-Ayeb’s story.

A guest of “Sports Harvest” program on “Shorouk News” channel noted that Belmadi played his first match against his country’s national team, Algeria, led by the late coach Hamid Zouba.

Belmadi played about 20 matches with the Algerian national team during his international career, during which he scored 5 goals, an international career spanning about 14 years.

The 47-year-old returned to the ranks of the “Desert Warriors” battalion as the first coach on August 2, 2018, during the tenure of former Algerian Football Federation President Gairedin Jatsi.

Djamel Belmadi has led the Algerian national team in 60 matches, the last of which was a friendly against the Egyptian national team last month.

In 60 matches, the national coach went on a 35-match unbeaten streak as he and his cubs recorded 39 wins in addition to 15 draws and 06 losses.

In his first year as a national selector, Djamel Belmadi was behind Algeria to its second title, in the final of the African Cup of Nations, where he and his cubs captured the continental title in 2019 “Cannes” Egypt.

And he failed Coach himself In retaining the continental crown, he disappointed the Algerian fans when he exited in the first round of the Africa Cup of Nations finals – “Canes” Cameroon 2021 tournament.

The setback to reach the finals of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, with a loss in the second leg of the playoff against the Cameroon national team, is one of the darkest points in Belmadi’s career as coach of the Algerian national team.

Belmadi wants to clear the backlog of “Alcon” and “World Cup” qualifiers by extracting a ticket for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations competition and participation in the 2026 World Cup.