Paradou AC

Early years

The ambition of a group of friends was to create a space where young people could meet in search of leisure, hobbies especially after hard days of schooling, mostly studying. After careful consideration and various proposals, it was decided to set up a classic football team and the name of Paradou Athletic Club (by abbreviation PAC) was chosen. As for the colors of the club the choice was made in a really anecdotal way, indeed several proposals were made but none was unanimous. We were in the midst of a discussion when the Swedish ambassador passed in his vehicle with his country's flag, the idea immediately emerged. (Yellow and blue).

A first meeting of the founding members was held at the COLOMBA restaurant, were present: Mahi Ali, Mahi Mohamed, Kabla Kamel, Kabla Rezki, Kheiredine Zetchi, Oudghiri Ahmed, Mahi Abdelfettah, Zetchi Hassen, Kabla Toufik, Hammouche Abdennour, Chitour Omar, Oudghiri Rafik, Guecem Kamel, Bouhellal Kamel. A few people who contributed to the creation of the club also participated in this "Collation" meeting. The Paradou AC epic began in September 1994 with an Algiers Wilaya Cup match at the Ben Aknoun stadium which ended in a 3–2 victory, a victory foreshadowing a bright future. This is how the administrative procedures to obtain approval were carried out by law with all the authorities concerned. This document was issued on August 16, 1994, under number 359. As soon as it was obtained, the managers of the club set about setting up the Senior teams and the young categories and set training as an objective.^[2]

The founding members of the Paradou Athlétic Club, including the brothers Kheiredine and Hassen Zetchi, have taken care to structure this club with rigorous management since its creation and to make it, as far as possible, an example, by developing moral values such as brotherhood, humanity, respect for others which are the basis of any success of a high level athlete. From its first sporting season 1994–95, the Paradou AC reached all levels until it ended up in 2005 in Ligue 1 and ended up making a place for itself among all Algerian clubs and gaining respect thanks to its career. After three years in DNA, Paradou AC has finally found the elite and is back playing in Ligue 2 as a professional. Several players trained by Paradou AC, whose vocation it is, have made and still make the heyday of certain D1 clubs, such as Lamouri Djediat, Mokhtar Benmoussa, Hocine El Orfi, Saad Tedjar, Billel Ouali and Hichem Nekkache.^[3]

Domestic competitions

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

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

Current squad

As of 5 February 2024^{[update][4][5]}Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	CGO	Christ Toulouenga
20	MF	ALG	Abderrahmane Berkoune
21	FW	ALG	Aymen Zakaria Sais
22	DF	ALG	Abdellah Bendouma
23	GK	ALG	Toufik Moussaoui (captain)
24	MF	ALG	Sid Ali Kherbouche
25	DF	ALG	Fouad Kermiche
26	MF	ALG	Taha Yassine Tahar
27	FW	ALG	Djaber Kaassis
28	FW	ALG	Ben Ahmed Kohili
77	FW	ALG	Adil Boulbina
78	FW	ALG	Yacine Titraoui
88	FW	ALG	Mustapha Soukkou

Reserve Squad

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

Current technical staff

In 2007, Paradou AC launched their academy in a partnership with JMG Academy, run by Frenchman Jean-Marc Guillou.^[6] 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.^[7] The team is coached by Olivier Guillou and Djamel Aïch.^[8][9]

Players

Paradou AC international footballers
Name	Position	Date of first cap	Debut against	Date of last cap	Final match against	Caps	Ref
Youcef Atal	DF	6 Jun 2017	Guinea	11 Jun 2017	Togo	2	[20]
Hicham Boudaoui	MF	27 Dec 2018	Qatar	7 Jul 2019	Guinea	5	[21]
Farid El Melali	FW	22 Mar 2018	Tanzania	27 Mar 2018	Iran	2	[22]
Allan Okello	FW	16 Nov 2020	South Sudan	14 Nov 2021	Mali	6	[23]
Haithem Loucif	DF	27 Dec 2018	Qatar	22 Mar 2019	Gambia	2	[24]
Zakaria Naidji	FW	22 Mar 2019	Gambia	22 Mar 2019	Gambia	1	[25]

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