Ali Bencheikh
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 January 1955 | (age 69)||
Place of birth | El M'hir, Algeria | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
USM Alger | |||
MC Alger | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1978 | MC Alger | - | (-) |
1979–1980 | DNC Alger | 30 | (12) |
1980–1986 | MC Alger | - | (-) |
1986–1987 | JSM Chéraga | 28 | (9) |
1987–1988 | MC Alger | 27 | (1) |
International career | |||
1976–1985 | Algeria | 47 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ali "Alilou" Bencheikh (Arabic: علي بن شيخ; born 9 January 1955) is an Algerian former international footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career[edit]
«Alilou», as he was known to the MC Alger fans, was born in the village of (at-waguag in the biban mountains of basse kabylie), close to the village of El M'hir daira of manssourah in the province of Bordj Bou Arreridj. He made his first team debut as a midfielder for MCA at age 17 and went on to win many trophies and awards on the way, including the club's only African Champions Cup in 1976.[1] He was a member of the Algerian national team at the 1982 World Cup.
Alilou was 19th in IFFHS voting for the African player of the century.[2]
- 1973–1988 MC Alger
- 1979–1980 DNC Alger
- 1986–1987 JSM Chéraga
Honours[edit]
MC Alger
- African Champions League: 1976
- Maghreb Cup Winners Cup: 1974
- Algerian League: 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979
- Algerian Cup: 1973, 1976, 1983
Algeria
- All-Africa Games: 1978
- Mediterranean Games bronze medal: 1979[3]
Individual
- African Footballer of the Year: runner-up 1978; third 1976
References[edit]
- ^ "42e FINALE DE LA COUPE D'ALGERIE "Dr MAOUCHE": MC ALGER 2 - USM ALGER 1 - Alger a son nouveau roi" (in French). Le Soir d'Algerie. 17 June 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel (30 January 2000). "IFFHS' Century Elections". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- ^ "Mediterranean Games 1979 (Split, Yugoslavia)". RSSSF.
External links[edit]
- Player profile - dzfootball
Categories:
- 1955 births
- Living people
- People from El M'hir
- 1982 African Cup of Nations players
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- Algerian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Algeria men's international footballers
- MC Alger players
- JSM Chéraga players
- African Games gold medalists for Algeria
- African Games medalists in football
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Algeria
- Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in football
- Competitors at the 1978 All-Africa Games
- 21st-century Algerian people
- Algerian football midfielder stubs