WHO ARE THE FUTURE ATAL ? (source www.francefootball.fr)

He left the great Algerian South at the age of 13 to join the JMG Academy of Paradou in Hydra on the heights of Algiers. Seven years later, Hicham Boudaoui is a strong element and his qualities as a torchbearer make him an essential transmission belt for the Paradou AC, currently 3rd in the Algerian Championship. He is able to play a hundred balls per game and run more than 12 kilometers. Still room for improvement, it must gain in power, but quite rightly so, it is considered one of the great hopes of Algerian football. He is strongly expected to be in the Fennecs group at the next CAN. Among our colleagues at beIN Sports, coach Djamel Belmadi was very complimentary, making the comparison: “He reminds me of Tigana. For those who don’t know his game, I invite you to look on the internet. He is a very fine player, very active, very intelligent in his game. He doesn’t lose a balloon. He looks very thin but doesn’t lose a duel. He has such a high volume of gameplay. He is very clean in his game at a key position. I have a lot of hope for him.”

Son of Malik Zorgane, former playmaker of the ES Setif in the 1980s, Adem Zorgane is strictly speaking considered as a raw nugget. Launched at the age of 18 in the league, the young midfielder from Paradou AC has piled up the matches this season (23 games played and 2 goals). On the pitch, he has played on one side, but his qualities are more like a distant playmaker. A player of quite large stature (1.85m), he impresses above all by his technique, which is far above average. Long or short game, Adem Zorgane has the assets to succeed at the highest level. Born in 2000, he is also outclassed in the national team and plays with the U23. Still room for improvement in the physical impact and in his race volume, Adem Zorgane should quickly leave Algeria to continue to improve.

 

Trained at the JMG Paradou Academy, Haithem Loucif exploded this season in the Algerian L1. When you discover it, you might think it was a clone of Youcef Atal. The size and qualities are indeed very similar. Strong in one against one, Loucif has an impressive speed that allows him to project himself very quickly into the offensive phase. Defensively, he is often in anticipation to cut the pass lines, but is also present in the duel with a strong determination in his attitude. In competition with Mehdi Zeffane, he could be Youcef Atal’s understudy at the next CAN in Egypt. Djamel Belmadi, his coach, believes in him: “There is Haithem Loucif who can be a Youcef Atal bis, even if he is a little different. He will never score a goal but is much better able to take his lane, with a good quality of cross.”

 

A real finisher. This season, Zakaria Naidji is an essential link to the success of the Paradou AC in the Algerian L1. In front of the goal, he didn’t shake and scored 19 goals in 28 matches in a Championship where the 20 goals mark has not been reached since 1995 (Hadj-Adlane, JS Kabylie). Born in Bordj Bou Arreridj, Naidji is a movement attacker who likes to devour spaces to get himself in a position to hit as quickly as possible. Technically fine, he also participates in the game by making the offensive animation of his team more fluid. Djamel Belmadi offered him a first selection against Gambia in the 2019 CAN qualifier. At 24 years old, slowed down by injuries during the last two seasons and especially to the face after an accident, he should have already joined a European club to continue his progress. What should eventually happen to this surface hunter…