contender for the trophy because Algeria's performance in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was not promising, despite topping the group with two draws to Gambia and an away-loss to Benin. The unimpressive qualification campaign increased the pressure on Belmadi. Despite heavy criticism, Belmadi led Algeria to success and earned his first international trophy. Algeria defeated every opponent on its road to the final of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) held in Egypt, including two victories over Senegal in the group stage and the final. Algeria won its second continental title and became the North African second team, after Egypt, to win more than one AFCON trophy. Bank theft incident While Belmadi was with Manchester City, he, along with players Daniel Van Buyten and Vicente Vuoso, were the victims of a theft by two bank workers. At the time that Belmadi left Manchester City, he left £230,000 in an account with the Co-operative Bank. In total, the bank workers stole more than £350,000 from the accounts of the three players. In January 2006, the bank workers, Paul Sherwood, a cashier, and Paul Hanley, his supervisor, were jailed for 32 months and 12 months respectively. Career statistics Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Belmadi goal. Managerial statistics Honours As a player Individual DZFoot d'Or: 2000, 2001 Algerian Ballon d'or: 2001 As a manager Al-Duhail Qatar Stars League: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2017–18 Emir of Qatar Cup: 2016, 2018 Qatar Cup: 2018 Qatar B WAFF Championship: 2014 Qatar Gulf Cup of Nations: 2014 Algeria Africa Cup of Nations: 2019 Individual Qatar Stars League Manager of the Season : 2017–18 CAF Coach of the Year: 2019 IFFHS CAF Best National Coach: 2021 References External links Southampton Profile Sporting Heroes article re Manchester City career Sporting Heroes article re 2004 African Cup of Nations 1976 births Living people People from Champigny-sur-Marne Footballers from Val-de-Marne Algerian footballers French footballers Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players FC Martigues players AS Cannes players Olympique de Marseille players Manchester City F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Valenciennes FC players La Liga players RC Celta de Vigo players Al-Gharafa SC players French sportspeople of Algerian descent Ligue 1 players Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Qatar Algeria international footballers Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Spain French expatriate footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Spain Al Kharaitiyat SC players Algerian expatriate footballers