Lakhdar Belloumi

Lakhdar Belloumi
Belloumi in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-12-29) 29 December 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth Mascara, Algeria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1973–1974 OS Mascara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1976 OS Mascara
1976–1977 SKAF El-Khemis
1977–1978 GCB Mascara 26 (29)
1978–1979 MP Oran 25 (11)
1979–1981 MP Alger 30 (10)
1981–1987 GCR Mascara 60 (27)
1987–1988 Mouloudia d'Oran 56 (36)
1988 Al-Arabi SC 6 (5)
1989–1990 M. Oran / MC Oran 27 (12)
1990–1991 GC Mascara 4 (4)
1991–1992 USM Bel Abbès 40 (20)
1992–1993 GC Mascara 12 (7)
1993–1994 MC Oran 27 (6)
1994–1996 GC Mascara 38 (19)
1996 MC Oran 11 (2)
1997 GC Mascara 13 (3)
1997–1998 ASM Oran 17 (9)
1998–1999 GC Mascara 25 (4)
Total 417 (204)
International career
1974–1977 Algeria U17 – (–)
1977–1978 Algeria U20 4 (2)
1979–1980 Algeria military – (–)
1978–1989 Algeria 147 (34)
1989 Algeria futsal 3 (1)
Managerial career
2001–2002 MC Oran
2002–2003 USM Bel-Abbès
2003 Al Tadamun SC
2004–2005 Algeria
2005–2006 GC Mascara
2011 Algeria (beach soccer)
2015 Algeria (beach soccer)
Medal record
Player
MC Oran
Third place Algerian Championship 1979
Winner Algerian Championship 1988
Runner-up African Cup 1989
Runner-up Algerian Championship 1990
GC Mascara
Winner Algerian Championship 1984
 Algeria
Third place Mediterranean Games 1979
Runner-up African Cup of Nations 1980
Third place African Cup of Nations 1984
Third place African Cup of Nations 1988
Manager
MC Oran
Runner-up Arab Cup 2001
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lakhdar Belloumi (Arabic: لخضر بلومي; born on 29 December 1958) is an Algerian former football player and manager. A former attacking midfielder, he is widely considered the best Algerian player of all time and one of the best players in Africa.[1][2] He is said to have invented the "Blind Pass".[3] He was named the fourth-best African player of the century by IFFHS.[4] He holds the record as the most capped Algerian player with 100 national caps[5] (147 caps not recognized by FIFA)[6] and is also the third best goalscorer of the Algerian national team in all time with 28 goals[7] (34 goals not recognized by FIFA).[8]

Belloumi's goal against reigning European champions West Germany earned Algeria a stunning 2–1 victory in their World Cup debut in Spain '82.[9]

  1. ^ "Lakhdar Belloumi: The Wizard of Maghreb". A Halftime Report. Alfiepottsharmer. 24 May 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Golden Goal: Lakhdar Belloumi for Algeria v West Germany (1982)". The Guardian. Simon Burnton. 22 September 2020. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Les chroniques de Laurent Lasne – "letierslivre.com"" (in French). Letierslivre.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  4. ^ Ingo Faulhaber. "Africa's best Player of the Century – IFFHS". Iffhs.de. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Lakhdar Belloumi - Century of International Appearances". Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Football - Lakhdar Belloumi". Le Soir d'Algérie. H. B. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Goalscoring for Algeria National Team". Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Top 10 - Les légendes de l'Algérie". TF1. Rédaction. 15 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  9. ^ Hart, Simon (13 June 2010). "Algeria struggle to match the fame of Belloumi and the shame of Spain '82 – International – Football". The Independent. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2017.