Mehdi Cerbah (3 April 1953 – 29 October 2021) was an Algerian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Algeria national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mehdi Cerbah | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Algiers, French Algeria | ||
| Date of death | 29 October 2021 (aged 68) | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1964–19?? | RAM Alger | ||
| USM Alger | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1972 | USM Alger | – | (0) |
| 1972–1980 | JS Kabylie / JS Kawkabi / JE Tizi Ouzou | – | (0) |
| 1980–1982 | RS Kouba | – | (0) |
| 1983 | Montreal Manic | 5 | (0) |
| 1983–1986 | RS Kouba | – | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1975–1986 | Algeria | 57 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editCerbah spent most of his career playing for Algerian sides USM Alger, JS Kabylie and RC Kouba. He played one season of indoor football in Canada, after signing in January 1983 with NASL side Montreal Manic.[1][2][3] He returned to Algeria and finished his career in RC Kouba until 1986.
Cerbah won 57 caps for the Algeria national team, including three appearances at the 1982 FIFA World Cup finals, which included a famous victory over West Germany.[4] He also played in several African Cup of Nations finals, including the 1980 finals where Algeria finished runners-up, losing to Nigeria in the final 3–0.[5]
Honours
editClub
edit- Algerian League Champion in 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980 with JS Kabylie and in 1981 with RC Kouba
- 2nd in the Algerian League in 1978, 1979 with JS Kabylie
- Algerian Cup winner in 1977 with JS Kabylie
- 2nd in Algerian Cup in 1979 with JS Kabylie
- 2nd in Maghreb Champions Cup with JS Kabylie
- 2nd in 1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer with Montreal Manic
Country
edit- Gold medal in the 1975 Mediterranean Games in Algiers
- Gold medal in the 1978 All-Africa Games in Algiers
- Bronze medal in the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split
- 2nd in the final of the 1980 African Cup of Nations in Nigeria
- Participation in FIFA World Cup of 1982 in Spain
Individual
edit- Best Algerian goalkeeper of the 20th Century
- Defensive MVP of 1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer with Montreal Manic
References
edit- ^ "Manic ink Algerian 'keeper". The Montreal Gazette. 18 January 1983. p. D-8. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "Cerbah : "Chaouchi-Gaouaoui, y a pas de numéro 1 "" (in French). Competition.dz. 9 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012.
- ^ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ Mehdi Cerbah – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Boesenberg, Eric; Stokkermans, Karel & Mazet, François (1 May 2003). "African Nations Cup 1980". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010.
External links
edit- (in French) Mehdi Cerbah statistics - dzfootball
- NASL stats
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