PORTRAIT – The players of the French football team can count on him in all circumstances.
From the harkis camps to the Legion of Honor, passing through the battlefields in the former Yugoslavia, the career of Mohamed Sanhadji is exceptional. A watchword, a mantra: the Republic, which he has anchored in body and heart. Besides, that’s how the Blues address him, “The Republic», or «Momo“, this 54-year-old police officer being seconded to the France team since 2003, when the international bodies decided to professionalize this function. In this case, he holds the position of security and liaison officer and security technical adviser. The “Mister security” of the Blues, in clear. Guardian angel, confidant, protector too. Guarantor of a certain framework, of values which are dear to him and which he makes a point of transmitting to the players.
Wounded in combat when he officiated as a blue helmet and member of the central management of the CRS, Mohamed Sanhadji is driven only by the fierce desire to give back to France what it has given him. His…
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