Abder Ramdane (born 23 February 1974) is a football manager, currently in charge of Olympic Charleroi, and former player who played as a forward.[1]
International career
Born in France, Ramdane chose to represent the Algeria national team, being selected for the squad for one match; however, he did not participate in the game.[2]
Coaching career
Ramdane was employed together with his father-in-law Ewald Lienen as assistant coach and U-19 coach by Greek club Panionios F.C., from 2006 until 2008. He held the same position previously at German side Borussia Mönchengladbach. They joined TSV 1860 Munich on 13 May 2009.[3] In June 2010, both moved to Olympiacos where they stayed only for some weeks.
In November 2010, Lienen took over as coach of Arminia Bielefeld and Ramdane followed as assistant.[4] Both left Bielefeld when they were relegated at the end of the season. In November 2013 he and Lienen were appointed by Romanian club Oțelul Galați as assistant coach and coach respectively.[5]
In June 2018, Ramdane was appointed assistant coach to Luka Elsner at Belgian club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.[6] In the following year, he followed Elsner to French club Amiens SC.[7] Ramdane left Armiens with Elsner at the end of September 2020.
After a year as U-18 coach at Royal Charleroi, it was confirmed in July 2022 that Ramdane would become manager of the club's reserve team, Zébra Élites.[8] After a disappointing season where the team fought relegation, on March 6, 2023, the club decided to fire Ramdane and replace him with Frank Defays.[9]
In July 2023, it became clear that Olympic Charleroi and JS Taminoise had entered into a cooperation agreement in relation to the clubs' academies, with Ramdane acting as managing director of the project.[10] In November 2023, Ramdane even took over the helm of JS Taminoise.[11] On February 7, 2024 Ramdane was appointed head coach of Olympic Charleroi.[12]
