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Ichalalene as PSG Youth coach | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Saad Ichalalène | ||
Date of birth | (1987-03-27) March 27, 1987 (age 37) | ||
Place of birth | Saint-Denis, France | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2004 | PSG Youth Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2007 | PSG B | 71 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Nîmes Olympique | 29 | (0) |
2011 | USM Alger | 4 | (0) |
International career | |||
2005–2006 | Algeria U20 | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2012–2016 | PSG Youth Academy (head coach) | ||
2016–2019 | NFDP Malaysia (scouts and methodology) | ||
2019– | NFDP Malaysia (coach; technical director) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 17 July 2011 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 17 July 2011 (UTC) |
Saad Ichalalène (born March 27, 1987) is a French-Algerian football coach. He is a former professional football player.
Player career
PSG Youth Academy
Ichalalène joined the youth academy of Paris Saint-Germain at the age of 12. He progressed through the junior ranks of Paris Saint Germain and was the captain of its reserve team when they were crowned French U-18 champions in 2006.
Ichalalène joined the youth academy of Paris Saint Germain at the age of 12 and stayed until the age of 20. As a youth player, Ichalalène went through all PSG youth categories and played 71 matches with the PSG B team. He was captain of the PSG B team and the U-18 team who was crowned France champion in 2006.
Nîmes Olympique
On November 11, 2007, he signed with National side Nîmes Olympique. During his first six months with the club, he made 17 appearances and Nîmes finished third in the league to win promotion back to Ligue 2. The following two seasons, due to a recurring injury, he played for only 12 games and left the club at the end of the 2009–10 Ligue 2 season.
USM Alger
In January 2011, Ichalalène signed an 18-month contract with USM Algiers. Still unable to recover from his injury, he only played four games for the club before deciding to end his professional career at 24 years old.
International career
Ichalalène represented Algeria twice at the U-20 level.
Coaching career
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Paris Saint Germain FC Youth Academy
In 2012, Saad Ichalalene was appointed head coach of the Paris Saint Germain Youth Academy. He stayed in the role for four years before departing in 2016.
Malaysia - National Football Development Program
Ichalalène was appointed by the National Football Development Program (NFDP) in Malaysia to head its training methodology and talent identification from 2016 to 2018.
In January 2019, he was appointed concurrently as the coach and technical director. During his time in Malaysia, the NFDP Programme provided players for the national youth teams, which qualified for two Asian Football Confederation youth tournaments and won the 2019 AFF U-15 Championship and the 2019 AFF U-19 Youth Championship.
After six years, Ichalalène left the National Football Development Programme in January 2023.
References
- http://www.dzfoot.com/news.php?hot_id=1746
- "Player Profile - Saad Ichalalene". Angelfire. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
External links
- Saad Ichalalène at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Saad Ichalalène – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- French sportspeople of Algerian descent
- Algerian men's footballers
- Paris Saint-Germain FC players
- Nîmes Olympique players
- Ligue 2 players
- Footballers from Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
- USM Alger players
- Algeria men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- 21st-century Algerian sportsmen