Madjer, sentenced to six months in prison

Former Algerian international soccer player Rabah Madjer was sentenced this Thursday by the justice of his country to a sentence of six months in prison and 100,000 dinars (636 euros) accused of accounting “false statements”published the local press.

The one who was one of the star signings of the club Valencia CF and Porto in the 1980s, together with a second defendant, he faced charges of forgery, false testimony, fraud and identity theft, for which the Prosecutor’s Office claimed 18 months from jail

co-owner and director of two local newspapers Between 2016 and 2019, Al Balagh (The Message) and Al Balagh Erriadhi (The Sports Message), Madjer would have benefited from up to 300,000 dinars (about 2,000 euros) in public funding despite the closure of both newspapers a year earlier.

The plaintiff, the National Publishing and Advertising Agency (Anep), an institution that has the state advertising monopolyal, must receive compensation from both defendants of 500,000 dinars (3,200 euros).

The judgment against the former athlete, 63 years old and who was captain of the Algerian team that won the African Cup in 1990, began on June 2 in the Sidi M’hamed court (Alger).

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Madjer made his mark on football after playing in 1987 as striker at Porto and star in a backheel goal in the 77th minute against Bayern Munich, making his club European champions for the first time and baptizing this gesture as the “heel kick”.