“Hello Laurent, are you okay? Be careful ! It is raining. “This Thursday morning, Salah Mahdjoub (41), the assistant coach of Lusitanos Saint-Maur, opposed this Saturday to Bobigny in the National 2 championship, is not addressing one of his players but a … factor ! This senior executive at La Poste occupies the position of operational quality manager in the establishments of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 12th and 17th arrondissements of Paris. Its job is to ensure the quality of service provided to customers. After dropping off his two daughters aged 15 and 8 at school, the former player of the Lilas (CFA) and the Red Star (Nat./CFA 2) arrives at 8:30 am in the 12th century establishment. This holder of a management master’s degree leads a meeting with the director of the platform on the development of customer files in order to get to know them better. “Salah is determined on the results, he is very comfortable with everyone involved in the establishment, from the postman through the managerial line, praises Christelle-Ange Bonnet, the director of the platform. and is always looking for solutions to boost activity and quality. ”
Once the meeting is over, Salah Mahdjoub goes to Saint-Maur-des-Fossés for the weekly training of the Lusitanos, the group D team (4th) which remains on 6 successes in the last 7 games. He trades in his fitted shirt and jeans for a tracksuit. Under a torrential rain, Bernard Bouger’s assistant animates the training focused particularly on the passing game. “He is a very endearing person who has a lot of human qualities,” says the head coach with whom he has worked for 7 years. It is not easy to follow up his work at the Post Office and football but he must continue in this way because we are rewarded when we give everything. “” I came to the club for him, says defender Hamadou Karamoko passed through Lorient (3 matches in L1 in 2016). He is a leader of men who finds the words to surpass himself. ”
“I thank Bernard for allowing me to become a coach,” says Mahdjoub. Even if the workload is enormous, I am enriched by both experiences. Managing a postal team and a football team are similar. For now, I’m not too bad at both (laughs). ” It is one o’clock. The assistant coach gets dressed before leaving for the mail distribution center in the 12th century. En route, he receives a call from a National player who wants to work with him next season. “My main quality is to have a good network to recruit, underlines the one who has in his smartphone 1,100 contacts of French football players from L1 to the regional championships. Having played football for 15 years allowed me to forge privileged links with many players, young and old. ” There in the afternoon two new meetings until 6 p.m. But his day is far from over since he supervises the Drancy – Quevilly-Rouen meeting in the National in the evening. “I attend 80 games a year, recruitment is essential to build a good season, he insists. There is everything here to do great things. I hope we will put the Lusitanos back in National. ”
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