Mohamed Kouradji

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| birth_date = 14 March 1952

| birth_place = Constantine, Algeria

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| death_place = Constantine, Algeria

| nationality = Algerian

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| occupation = Football referee

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Mohamed Kouradji (14 March 1952 – 9 July 2020) was an Algerian football referee.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports24ghana.com/retired-algerian-referee-mohamed-kouradji-dies-from-coronavirus/|title=Retired Algerian referee Mohamed Kouradji dies from coronavirus|date=11 July 2020|work=Sports24Ghana}}

Biography

Born in Constantine, Kouradji began refereeing in the 1980s. He refereed several international matches, including the qualifying for the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations, the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, and a 1996 Africa Cup game in South Africa between Angola and Cameroon.{{cite web|url=https://worldreferee.com/referee/mohamed_kouradji/|title=Mohamed Kouradji|work=World Referee}}

Kouradji refereed the 1995–96 Algerian Cup championship game between MC Oran and USM Bilda.{{cite web|url=https://fr.cafonline.com/news-center/covid-19/deces-de-l-ancien-arbitre-algerien-mohamed-kouradji-des-suites-de-covid-19|title=Décès de l'ancien arbitre algérien Mohamed Kouradji des suites de COVID-19|date=10 July 2020|work=Confédération Africaine de Football|language=French}} He retired from refereeing in 1998 after a 20-year career. He then worked as an executive at SIMCO and a director with the Ligue inter-régions de football.{{cite web|url=https://www.elwatan.com/edition/sports/mohamed-kouradji-nest-plus-11-07-2020|title=Mohamed Kouradji n'est plus|date=11 July 2020|work=El Watan|language=French|access-date=11 July 2020|archive-date=11 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711102737/https://www.elwatan.com/edition/sports/mohamed-kouradji-nest-plus-11-07-2020|url-status=dead}}

Mohamed Kouradji died on 9 July 2020, in his hometown of Constantine at the age of 68, from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.{{cite web|url=https://boxscorenews.com/former-algerian-referee-kouradji-dies-from-covid-p156927-290.htm|title=Former Algerian referee Kouradji dies from COVID-19|date=11 July 2020|work=Boxscore}}

References

Category:Algerian football referees

Category:People from Constantine, Algeria

Category:1952 births

Category:2020 deaths

Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria

Category:21st-century Algerian people