Former Algerian international soccer player Rabah Madjer | was sentenced this Thursday by his country ‘s justice to the sentence of six months in prison and 100,000 dinars (636 euros) accused accounting “false statements”published the local press.
One of the club’s star signings Valencia CF and Porto in the 1980s, along with the second defendant, he faced charges of forgery, false testimony, fraud and identity theft, which the Prosecutor’s Office claimed 18 months from the 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 up to 300,000 dinars (about 2,000 euros) in public funding despite the closure of two newspapers last year .
The plaintiff, the National Publishing and Advertising Agency (Anep), an institution that has state advertising monopolyal, must receive compensation from the same defendant of 500,000 dinars (3,200 euros).
The judgment against the former athlete, 63 years old and captain of the Algerian team that won the African Cup in 1990, began on June 2 at the Sidi M’hamed court (Alger).
Madjer made his mark in football after playing in 1987 as striker in Porto and starred in a backheel goal in the 77th minute against Bayern Munich, who made his club European champions for the first time and christened this gesture as a “kick in the heel”.
Source: La Verdad
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