Abdelghani Demmou

Abdelghani Demmou (Arabic: عبد الغني دمو; born January 29, 1989) is an Algerian football player who currently plays for MC Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. He commonly plays as a centre back.

Abdelghani Demmou

Personal information
Full name	Abdelghani Demmou
Date of birth	(1989-01-29) January 29, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Mohammadia, Algeria
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	MC Alger
Number	24
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	SA Mohammadia	-	(-)
2010–2013	USM El Harrach	63	(0)
2013–2015	ES Sétif	36	(0)
2015–	MC Alger	24	(0)
International career
2016–	Algeria U23	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 3, 2016

Club career

In the summer of 2009, Demmou was linked with a move to MC Oran.^[1] However, his club, SA Mohammadia, refused to sell the player.^[2]

In the summer of 2010, Demmou was again linked with a move away from his club, this time to USM El Harrach.^[3] SA Mohammadia put a 5 million Algerian dinars price tag on the player. He ended up joining the club in July with the transfer details not disclosed.^[4]

On May 1, 2011, Demmou was a starter for USM El Harrach in the 2011 Algerian Cup Final against JS Kabylie.^[5] However, they ended up losing the match 1–0. Demmou now plays for MC Alger, where he has won an Algerian Cup. MC Alger won the Final on 2 May 2016 against NA Hussein Dey (1–0).

International career

Demmou was called up to the senior Algeria squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Seychelles on 2 June 2016.^[6]

Honours

• Finalist of the Algerian Cup once with USM El Harrach in 2011

ES Sétif

• CAF Champions League: 2014
• CAF Super Cup: 2015
• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2014–15
• Algerian Cup with MC Alger: 2015–16

References

1. MCO : Demmou : «Je veux bien jouer au Mouloudia» Archived April 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
2. Le SAM refuse de libérer Demmou Archived April 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
3. USMH: Son agent sera à Mohammedia aujourd’hui Le SAM exige 500 millions pour Demmou Archived March 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
4. USMH : Problème de libération pour Demou Archived April 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
5. USMH 0-1 JSK Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
6. "Seychelles- Algérie : Liste des joueurs convoqués" (in French). faf.dz. Archived from the original on 2016-05-16. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

External links

• Abdelghani Demmou at DZFoot.com (in French)
• Abdelghani Demmou at Soccerway
• Abdelghani Demmou at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)