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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Boualem Charef | ||
| Date of birth | (1958-02-17)17 February 1958 (age 67) | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | USM El Harrach (head coach) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1999–1999 | Algeria | ||
| 2001–2002 | WA Tlemcen | ||
| 2002–2002 | ES Sétif | ||
| 2003–2004 | Algeria (assistant) | ||
| 2004–2005 | ASM Oran | ||
| 2005–2005 | USM Annaba | ||
| 2006–2006 | USM El Harrach | ||
| 2007–2008 | ASM Oran | ||
| 2008–2014 | USM El Harrach | ||
| 2014 | MC Alger | ||
| 2015 | USM Bel-Abbès | ||
| 2015–2016 | USM El Harrach | ||
| 2016–2017 | USM El Harrach | ||
| 2022 | USM Alger | ||
| 2023– | USM El Harrach | ||
Boualem Charef (Arabic:بوعلام شارف; is an Algerianfootball manager and retired professional player.
Boualem Charef was a graduate of the Institut des Sciences et Technologies du Sport inAlgiers. During his studies there, he was also the assistant coach toAli Benfadah.[1] In July 2003, Charef was selected byAlgeria national football team managerRabah Saâdane to be his assistant.[2] In 2008, Boualem Charef signed with the new promotedUSM El Harrach and one of his most prominent ambitions is to rely on training, and he was behind the brilliance of several players most notablyBaghdad Bounedjah. In 2011 Charef reached the final of theAlgerian Cup where they was defeated againstJS Kabylie. On 1 October 2012 the technician was pinned by the Disciplinary Committee of theLigue de Football Professionnel (LFP). A very severe sanction explained through a press release. The LFP Disciplinary Committee imposed a six month suspension on Charef for unsportsmanlike behavior towards officials during the match againstMC El Eulma.[3] In the2012–13 season, Charef competed strongly for the league title until the last round and lost by two points toES Setif, which is his best result since the beginning of his training career. On 14 September 2013 Boualem Charef resigned after the home defeat againstUSM Alger the 4th consecutive since the start of theLigue Professionnelle 1, this departure is the end of five years withyellow and black which is an exception in Algerian football, and tangible tension appeared between him and President Mohamed Laib, especially because ofBounedjah’s transfer.[4]
On 16 December 2013 Charef was again punished with a one month and six month suspension for his assistantMohamed Haniched.[5] On 4 August 2022USM Alger contracted with Boualem Charef to be the new coach with his staff Mustapha Amellal (first assistant),Mohamed Haniched (goalkeeping coach) and Moufdi Cherdoud (physical trainer), Charef had previously been in post atCR Belouizdad for three and a half years in charge of training development.[6] Boualem Charef received a lot of criticism from USMA supporters because of the performance, which did not convince them. Charef stated that the players do not have consistency between them and he does not have enough time to gather them all because of theAlgeria A' national team that was preparing for theCHAN 2022, Where was the coachMadjid Bougherra summoning 9 players for evry preparatory internship.[7] On 25 December 2022USM Alger terminated the contract with Charef, with three months compensation.[8][9]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| USM El Harrach |  | 1 July 2008 | 30 June 2014 | 203 | 86 | 53 | 64 | 042.36 |
| MC Alger | | 27 May 2014[10] | 9 November 2014[11] | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 030.00 |
| USM Bel-Abbès | | 9 January 2015[12] | 15 February 2015[13] | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 020.00 |
| USM El Harrach | | 2 March 2015[14] | 30 April 2016[15] | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 034.21 |
| USM El Harrach | | 1 July 2016 | 12 May 2017 | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 032.14 |
| USM Alger | | 4 August 2022[6] | 25 December 2022[8][9] | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 052.94 |
| Career Total | 301 | 121 | 84 | 96 | 040.20 | |||
WA Tlemcen
MC Alger