Billel Dziri

Billel Dziri
Personal information
Full name Billel Dziri
Date of birth (1972-01-21) 21 January 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Algiers, Algeria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 ES Ben Aknoun (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1995 NA Hussein Dey
1995–1998 USM Alger
1998–1999 ES Sahel
1999 USM Alger
1999–2000 Sedan 13 (0)
2000–2007 USM Alger 159 (29)
2007 Al-Sadd 0 (0)
2007–2010 USM Alger 62 (9)
International career
1990 Algeria U20 1 (0)
1991 Algeria U23 3 (0)
1991-2005 Algeria 87 (10)
Managerial career
2011–2015 USM Alger (Caretaker)
2015–2016 RC Arbaâ
2016–2017 WA Boufarik
2017–2018 NA Hussein Dey
2018–2019 CA Bordj Bou Arréridj
2019–2020 USM Alger
2020–2021 CA Bordj Bou Arréridj
2021 NA Hussein Dey
2023 ES Sétif
2023– ES Ben Aknoun
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Billel Dziri (Arabic: بلال دزيري; born 21 January 1972) is an Algerian football manager, former player and the current head coach of ES Ben Aknoun.[1]

After starting off with NA Hussein Dey, Dziri played most of his career with USM Alger and had spells with Étoile Sportive du Sahel in Tunisia, CS Sedan Ardennes in France and Al-Sadd in Qatar.[2][3]

Club career[edit]

In 2005 Billel Dziri won the Ballon d'or as the second player from USMA to achieve it, Dziri said he was expecting an individual crown and now that he had it he could only express his immense joy and that the award was the fruit of the efforts he had made for years in Algeria and outside the country. The award was received from the hand of the World Cup champion the former French star Laurent Blanc also with a message from Zinedine Zidane.[4][5] With the end of the 2009–10 season, USM Alger captain Billel Dziri decided to put an end to his football career, which lasted more than 20 years, most of which were spent in USM Alger and his last match was against his former club NA Hussein Dey. And stated yes i confirm this because I have reached the age of 38 years and four months, which is the age that pushes me to retire because it is the right time for me, although i am sure that i can play for at least one or two more seasons.

International career[edit]

On 23 September 1992 Billel Dziri played for the first time against Tunisia in friendly match ended in a draw 1–1. In the 1994 African Cup of Nations qualification, Dziri scored his first goal was a brace with the national team against Guinea-Bissau, Dziri participated in the Africa Cup of Nations four times, the first was in 1996 where he played all the matches and scored a goal in the group stage against Burkina Faso, The second participation was in 1998 and a bad participation for Algeria and elimination from the group stage with three defeats and Dziri scored a goal in the last match against Cameroon, The third in 2000 with manager Nacer Sandjak selecting Dziri for his 22-man squad.[6] where Algeria reached the quarter-finals where he played in all the matches and scored one goal against Gabon and it was his last goal in the Africa Cup of Nations, Dziri was selected in the tournament squad with big stars such as Jay-Jay Okocha and Samuel Eto'o. The last participation in the African Cup was in 2002 and Algeria eliminated from the group stage where he played all matches again, bringing the number of matches he played to 14, His last match with the national team was on 19 June 2005 in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification against Zimbabwe which ended in a draw 2–2, Dziri finished his career with 87 matches and scored 10 goals.

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
NA Hussein Dey 1990–91 National 2 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
1991–92 National 1 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
1992–93 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
1993–94 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
1994–95 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
USM Alger 1995–96 National 1 0 8 0 0 — — 0 0
1996–97 0 4 0 0 0 3[a] — 0 7
1997–98 4 0 0 0 3[b] 2 0 0 0 0
1998–99 0 2 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2000–01 21 4 2 1 — — 23 5
2001–02 18 2 2 0 4[c] 1 — 24 3
2002–03 24 3 5 0 6[d] 1 — 38 4
2003–04 22 3 4 0 9[e] 4 — 35 7
2004–05 24 11 1 0 10[f] 1 — 35 12
2005–06 21 3 4 0 2[e] 1 — 27 4
2006–07 19 3 3 1 2[e] 1 — 24 5
2007–08 22 1 2 0 — 8[g] 1 32 2
2008–09 20 4 — — 3[g] 2 23 6
2009–10 19 4 3 0 — — 22 4
Total 210 52 23 2 33 9 11 3 277 66
CS Sedan 1999–2000 Division 1 13 0 — — — 13 0
Al Sadd SC 2006–07 Qatar Stars League — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Career total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  1. ^ Three Goals in CAF Champions League
  2. ^ Three appearances and Two goals in CAF Champions League
  3. ^ All appearance(s) in African Cup Winners' Cup
  4. ^ four appearances and one goal in CAF Champions League, two appearances in African Cup Winners' Cup
  5. ^ a b c All appearance(s) in Champions League
  6. ^ eight appearances and one goal in CAF Champions League, two appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
  7. ^ a b All appearance(s) in Arab Champions League

International[edit]

Algeria national team
Year Apps Goals
1992 5 0
1993 10 2
1994 3 0
1995 14 2
1996 9 1
1997 8 0
1998 8 2
1999 1 0
2000 12 2
2001 6 0
2002 4 1
2004 2 0
2005 5 0
Total 87 10

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first.[7]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 January 1993 Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau  Guinea-Bissau 3–1 4–1 1994 African Cup of Nations qualification
2 4–1
3 8 January 1995 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria  Egypt 1–0 1–0 1996 African Cup of Nations qualification
4 30 November 1995 Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon  Gabon 1–0 1–2 Friendly
5 24 January 1996 EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa  Burkina Faso 2–0 2–1 1996 African Cup of Nations
6 15 February 1998 Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  Cameroon 1–0 1–2 1998 African Cup of Nations
7 2 October 1998 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda  Uganda 1–1 1–2 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification
8 29 January 2000 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana  Gabon 3–0 3–1 2000 African Cup of Nations
9 5 December 2000 19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria  Romania 1–1 3–2 Friendly
10 14 January 2002 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria  Benin 4–0 4–0

Managerial career[edit]

Immediately after his retirement from football, Billel Dziri entered the field of coaching and his beginning in formation was with USM Alger, and his first official assignment was in 2011, after Hervé Renard went and only for two matches, after which he continued to work as an assistant coach in USM Alger and NA Hussein Dey, and in 2015 the same thing was repeated after the dismissal of Hubert Velud where he led USMA temporarily and for only three matches. On 10 June 2015 Dziri was appointed coach of RC Arbaâ in his first experience as head coach.[8] but it did not last long and after three consecutive defeats in the Ligue 1 he was dismissed from his position.[9] A year after that, Dziri spent with WA Boufarik in the Ligue 2 and did not achieve good results and was satisfied with only four victories and was sacked on April 2, and at the end of the season WA Boufarik fell to Third division. On 11 November 2017 Billel Dziri was appointed coach of NA Hussein Dey to succeed Nabil Neghiz who moved to Saudi Arabia, where he achieved positive results and led him to end the season in the podium and a run of 22 matches unbeaten, ensure participation in the CAF Confederation Cup. On 4 November 2018 the two sides agreed to a friendly separation and his last match was against Olympique de Médéa.[10] On 6 November 2018 Dziri was appointed coach of CA Bordj Bou Arreridj succeeding the Spaniard Josep María Nogués until the end of the season and the goal is to play for maintenance.[11][12]

On 24 June 2019 USM Alger signed with Billel Dziri to be the new coach, the former USM Alger star gave him the power to choose the staff to work with them, Dziri hopes that the club's financial situation will soon be resolved after the latest problems with the Algerian justice of its owner Ali Haddad.[13] On 26 February 2020 USM Alger announced that it had reached an amicable separation agreement with Dziri, after his insistence on leaving his post, Dziri's departure comes two days after USMA lost in the Algiers Derby, he stated that the team had suffered a lot because of the financial crisis, but after it became close to owning the majority of its shares Groupe SERPORT and to get out of this crisis, it is time to go comfortably on the future of USM Alger.[14] Only a week after his departure Dziri returned to CA Bordj Bou Arreridj.[15] but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria, the 2019–20 sports season was cancelled.[16] On 9 January 2021 Dziri decided to throw in the towel after his team's heavy defeat in the derby against ES Setif. CA Bordj Bou Arreridj has achieved only two points since the beginning of the season.[17] On 18 January 2021 Billel Dziri returned to NA Hussein Dey to succeed Nabil Leknaoui "I have given my consent in principle to the leadership of NA Hussein Dey," Dziri told Algeria Press Service. "There are still some details to be ironed out before my commitment is formalized. It is on the right track".[18] Only four months later Dziri left his post after agreeing with the management of NA Hussein Dey, les Sang et Or have not won any of the last six meetings.[19]

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of match played 11 October 2023
Key
* Caretaker
Team Nat From To Record
P W D L Win %
USM Alger * Algeria 24 October 2011 9 November 2011 2 1 1 0 050.00
USM Alger * Algeria 5 February 2015 19 February 2015 3 2 1 0 066.67
RC Arbaâ Algeria 10 June 2015[8] 10 September 2015[9] 3 0 0 3 000.00
WA Boufarik Algeria 20 September 2016 2 April 2017 21 4 9 8 019.05
NA Hussein Dey Algeria 11 November 2017 4 November 2018[10] 31 13 13 5 041.94
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj Algeria 6 November 2018[11] 5 June 2019[12] 21 8 5 8 038.10
USM Alger Algeria 24 June 2019[13] 26 February 2020[14] 31 13 7 11 041.94
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj Algeria 2 March 2020[15] 9 January 2021[17] 10 1 3 6 010.00
NA Hussein Dey Algeria 18 January 2021[18] 18 May 2021[19] 15 4 4 7 026.67
ES Sétif Algeria 25 February 2023[20] 15 July 2023 12 3 4 5 025.00
ES Ben Aknoun Algeria 11 October 2023[21] 0 0 0 0 !—
Career Total 149 49 47 53 032.89

Honours[edit]

As a player[edit]

USM Alger

Étoile Sportive du Sahel

Al-Sadd SC

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Football: ES Ben Aknoun: Bilel Dziri, nouvel entraîneur". rivalite.dz. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Unlucky Dziri hopes to hit heights". FIFA. 29 January 2007. Archived from the original on 15 December 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
  3. ^ Billel Dziri – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
  4. ^ "Ballon d'or de la saison 2004-2005 : Billel Dziri, un joueur accompli". fr.allafrica.com. 26 November 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Dziri "Le 'Mabrouk aâlik ya Dziri !' de Zidane m'a touché"". vitaminedz.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  6. ^ "ALGERIE - Liste des 22 séléctionnés". Archived from the original on 28 April 2001. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. ^ Billel Dziri at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ^ a b "RC Arbaâ : Dziri Billel nouvel entraîneur". radioalgerie.dz. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  9. ^ a b "RC Arbaâ : Dziri limogé, Janacković de retour ?". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Ligue 1 : Dziri n'est plus entraîneur du NAHD". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Dziri Bilal à la barre technique". djazairess.com. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Billel Dziri ne sera plus l'entraineur du CABBA l'an prochain". aps.dz. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  13. ^ a b "L1 : Dziri entraîneur de l'USM Alger". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  14. ^ a b "USMA : Billel Dziri n'est plus l'entraineur du club". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  15. ^ a b "Ligue 1 : Dziri de retour à Bordj Bou Arréridj". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Coronavirus: Algerian Ligue 1 season cancelled without relegation". Goal.com. 29 July 2020.
  17. ^ a b "CABBA : Dziri Bilel démissionne!". dzfoot.com. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  18. ^ a b "NAHD : Bilel Dziri bientôt de retour ?". DZFoot.com. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  19. ^ a b "NAHD : Dziri Billel, quatre mois et puis s'en va". DZFoot.com. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  20. ^ "ESS : Le club annonce son nouvel entraineur". lalgerieaujourdhui.dz. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  21. ^ "Football: ES Ben Aknoun: Bilel Dziri, nouvel entraîneur". rivalite.dz. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  22. ^ "Ballon d'or de la saison 2004-2005 : Billel Dziri, un joueur accompli". fr.allafrica.com.

External links[edit]

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