The Mysterious Case Of Algerian Players And Their Disabled Children - By Omar & Zoheir Boudi.

Doping mystery surrounds Algeria's Class of '86
Mohammed Kaci Said, Mohammed Shoaib, Saleh Larbas, Djamal Manad, and Abdelkader Tlemcani all played international football for Algeria in the 1980s.
But, as well as being teammates for their national side, the players also share another common bond -- each one of them has fathered a child that suffers from mental health problems.
The players say they suspect this is no coincidence, more a direct consequence of taking performance-enhancing drugs while playing for their country, without their knowledge or consent.
Rachid Hanafi is a respected figure in Algerian sport. He is president of the Algerian Olympic Committee, but was once doctor for the national side. He admits that suspicious practices occurred during the 1980s.
"When Russian Gennady Rogov took over as coach in 1981, I was not allowed to take a look at the medical records of the players any more,".
"I suspected he was trying to do some suspicious tests, and this is why I submitted a detailed report to the national center of Algeria sports and medicine and the ministry of sports.
"But they asked me not to interfere in the work of the Russian team, which is why I decided to resign.
"Whether the coaches used drugs on the players, and whether that affected their children negatively is something I cannot confirm. But nonetheless, Russians were known in the late 1970s and early 1980s for their suspicious behavior on the sport field."
Hanafi added on the documentary : "It is not necessarily true that these drugs had a direct effect on the children, but if we look at the whole situation we'll find that most players' children have some mental issues."
Children with disabilities are:
- Kaci Said (his daughter), Larbas (a son), Jamal Manad (three sons) , Mohamed chaib (three girls, the three are dead) and Ben Sawlah (daughter). We all played at the same time, so we decided to make it public, and find out why.
On the documentary, Abdelkader Tlemcani talk about this case "I remember the Russian doctors who used to supervise our treatment during training sessions; all we cared about was playing and winning. I know it will be difficult to reveal the truth without sufficient evidence, but opening an investigation is very important."
in our documentary, we contacted foreign journalists who worked on this file, we were able to have the testimony of the russian doctor, as well as a player who made DNA analyzes .. the documentary had a great impact in Algeria and the file has been in the hands of the minister of sports in Algeria since April 2021.

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