Meziane Ighil

Personal information
Full name	Ali Meziane Ighil
Date of birth	(1952-01-12) January 12, 1952 (age 72)
Position(s)	Left wing-back
Youth career
	NA Hussein Dey
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971-1986	NA Hussein Dey
International career
1973–1982	Algeria	13	(1)
Managerial career
1987–1988	WA Casoral
1988–1992	NA Hussein Dey
1992–1993	Algeria
1993–1995	Raja Casablanca
1996–1998	USM Blida
1998–1999	Algeria
2005–2006	Algeria U23
2005–2006	Algeria
2010–2011	ASO Chlef
2011–2012	JS Kabylie
2012–2013	USM Alger
2013–2014	ASO Chlef
2014–2015	NA Hussein Dey
2015–2016	MC Alger
2017	DRB Tadjenanet
2019	NA Hussein Dey
2019	RC Relizane
2020–2021	JS Saoura
2021	ASO Chlef
2021	HB Chelghoum Laïd
2021–2022	WA Tlemcen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ali Meziane Ighil (born January 12, 1952) is an Algerian former footballer.^[1]

Club career

Ighil spentNA Hussein Dey.^[2] He was a member of the NA Hussein Dey team that won the 1979 Algerian Cup and reached the finals of the 1978 African Cup Winners' Cup.

International career

On June 3, 1973, Ighil made his debut for the Algerian National Team as a starter in a friendly against Brazil at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962.^[3] Ighil played the entire match as Brazil won 2–0. ^[4]

In 1982, Ighil was selected as a member of the Algerian National Team for the 1982 African Cup of Nations in Libya. Ighil participated in just one game, the third place match against Zambia, as Algeria finished fourth.

Managerial career

On July 3, 2010, Ighil was appointed as the coach of ASO Chlef, signing a one-year contract with the club.^[5] In his first season with the club, Ighil lead them to the league title for the first time in the club's history.^[6]

Honours

Player

• Won the Algerian Cup once with NA Hussein Dey in 1979
• Finalist of the African Cup Winners' Cup once with NA Hussein Dey in 1978

Manager

• Won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 once with ASO Chlef in 2010–11 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Personal life

On May 21, 2007, Ighil was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in the Khalifa embezzlement case.^[7] On January 1, 2010, he was released from prison.