Rabah Madjer, a former Algerian coach and player, has been sentenced to six months in prison.

Rabah Madjer, a former Algerian national team player and coach, was sentenced to six months in prison for making "false claims" about financial transactions.

An Algerian court convicted the 63-year-old guilty of continuing to deposit cheques from a public advertising agency for a year after the closure of two newspapers he owned.

Even though allegations of forgery and fraud were withdrawn, Madjer and a co-defendant, Brahim M, were sentenced to prison and made to pay the national publishing and advertising agency 500,000 dinars ($3,435). (ANEP).

Madjer, who scored in the 1987 European Cup final to help Porto overcome Bayern Munich, has denied any wrongdoing and claims he will challenge the decision.

"All I can say is that I had no involvement in this instance." Neither too close nor too far. He told the AFP news agency, "I am innocent."

Madjer scored a critical goal in a 2-1 victory over West Germany at the 1982 World Cup, in addition to the iconic back-heeled goal against Bayern Munich.

Madjer, who currently lives in Qatar, went on to manage Algeria's national football team three times but was fired from his most recent stint in June 2018 after eight months on the job due to a spate of defeats.