Farid El Melali

Farid El Melali (Arabic: فريد الملالي; born 5 May 1997) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Angers II and the Algeria national team.

Farid El Melali
El Melali in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-05-05) 5 May 1997
Place of birth Blida, Algeria
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Angers II
Number 9
Youth career
2013–2016 Paradou AC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Paradou AC 45 (8)
2018– Angers 45 (4)
2018– Angers II 7 (2)
2022 → Pau (loan) 17 (1)
International career‡
2015–2016 Algeria U20 6 (4)
2017–2018 Algeria U23 9 (2)
2018– Algeria 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 May 2020

Club career

On 9 August 2018, El Melali joined Ligue 1 side Angers, signing a four-year contract.[1] In May 2020, El Melali signed an extension until 2023.[2]

On 7 January 2022, El Melali joined Pau on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[3]

Personal life

In May 2020, El Melali was seen masturbating in the courtyard of his block of flats while looking at a woman who lives on the ground floor. He was arrested and charged by French police with public masturbation.[4] He later apologized for his behavior, as he wrote: "In the past few days, I've lived through very hard and stressful period, whether mentally or physically, I've been criticized and toughly judged. I understand how hard it was for the people who have received the news, because no one can forgive this kind of behavior".[5]

In July 2020, El Melali was arrested for the same offence, the second in three months.[6] In October, he was given a six-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months, fined €2,000 and made to pay compensation of €1,600 and €2,300 to two victims.[7]

References
  1. "Farid El Melali s'engage 4 ans au SCO !" (in French). Angers SCO. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. "Farid El Melali prolonge jusqu'en 2023" (in French). Angers SCO. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. "Angers SCO confirme le prêt de Farid El Melali" (in French). Angers. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. "Angers' El Melali charged with sexual exhibition". ESPN.com. 5 May 2020.
  5. "Algerian Footballer Farid El Melali Arrested for Masturbating in Front of His Neighbors!". albawaba.com. 7 May 2020.
  6. "Angers forward Farid El Melali arrested after second public masturbation charge in just three months". Talksport. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. Mercier, Cyprien (29 October 2020). "Angers-SCO. Exhibitions sexuelles : Farid El Melali condamné à six mois de prison avec sursis" [Angers-SCO. Sexual exhibitionism: Farid El Melali given six-month suspended sentence]. Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 5 February 2021.


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