Djamel Belmadi (Arabic: جَمَال بَلمَاضِيّ; born 25 March 1976) is a professional football coach and former player who last managed the Algeria national team.

Born in Champigny-sur-Marne, France, Belmadi started his career at Paris Saint-Germain, making his debut in January 1996 against Gueugnon, before spending a season at Martigues.

In January 2001, he made good use of a rare opportunity presented him to play in Marseille's attack, when Liberian maestro George Weah—who had been the main attacker—was away on international duty with the Lone Stars of Liberia.

On 14 April 2001, he scored the winning goal in Marseille's 2–1 victory over Sedan, before a near–60,000 crowd, giving Bernard Tapie's team a much needed lifeline out of relegation.

In January 2004, Belmadi had fallen out of favour at Marseille, now managed by Alain Perrin, who agreed to loan him to Kevin Keegan’s Manchester City after a successful trial.

He made his full debut for Manchester City on 29 January 2003 at Maine Road in a 4–1 victory against Fulham (alongside another recruit from the French league – David Sommeil).

In Belmadi's brief time at Manchester City, he only made two starts and six substitute appearances, the last of which was in a 1–5 a big win against Southampton on 11 May 2003 in the final league game at Maine Road.

In July 2005, after trials at Celtic, Wigan Athletic and Sunderland, Belmadi joined Southampton (then playing in the Football League Championship) for their pre-season tour of Scotland.

In December 2013, Belmadi was appointed as head coach of the Qatar B team, which was set to participate in the 2014 WAFF Championship on home soil.

He called up a number of foreigners to the national team, including compatriots Boualem Khoukhi and Karim Boudiaf after being informed by the QFA that they were eligible to compete for Qatar.

However, Qatar showed a poor form in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and was eliminated in the group stages after three consecutive defeats by United Arab Emirates, Iran and Bahrain.

[12] During the 2022 World Cup qualification third round, Algeria failed to qualify to the final tournament in Qatar, having lost on away goals rule against Cameroon following a 2–2 draw on aggregate.

[14] In the 2023 AFCON held in Ivory Coast, Algeria led by Belmadi exited the tournament after their defeat against Mauritania, without scoring any win in the group phase.

[16] However, despite immediately resigning himself in front of the players, Belmadi asked the FAF for a severance package worth 29 months of salary, equivalent to €7 million.