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Mehdi Cerbah Personal information Full name Mehdi Cerbah Date of birth 3 January 1953 Place of birth Algiers, Algeria Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Youth career 1964–.... RAM Alger Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† ....–1972 USM Alger 1972–1980 JS Kabylie 1980–1982 RC Kouba 1982–1983 Montreal Manic 1983–1986 RC Kouba National team 1975–1985 Algeria 57 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Mehdi Cerbah (born 3 January 1953 in Algiers) is a retired Algeria international football player.
Cerbah spent most of his career playing for Algerian sides USM Alger, JS Kabylie and RC Kouba. He played in Canada, playing one and one half seasons with NASL side Montreal Manic.[1]. He return in Algeria and finished career in RC Kouba till 1986.
Cerbah made several appearances for the Algeria national football team, including three appearances at the 1982 FIFA World Cup finals.[2] He also played in several African Cup of Nations finals, including the 1980 finals where Algeria finished runners-up.[3]
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Honours
Personnel
- Best Algerian goalkeeper of the century
With clubs
- 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
With the Algerian national team
- 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
- Quarter final round in the 1980 Summer Olympics Games in Moscow
- Participation in FIFA World Cup of 1982 in Spain
References
- ^ "Cerbah : «Chaouchi-Gaouaoui, y a pas de numéro 1 »" (in French). Competition.dz. 2009-12-09. http://www.algerie360.com/sport/football/cerbah-%C2%ABchaouchi-gaouaoui-y-a-pas-de-numero-1-%C2%BB/.
- ^ Mehdi Cerbah – FIFA competition record
- ^ Boesenberg, Eric; Stokkermans, Karel and Mazet, François (2003-05-01). "African Nations Cup 1980". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tables/80a.html.
External link
- (French) Mehdi Cerbah statistics - dzfootball
Algeria squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Cerbah • 2 Guendouz • 3 Kouici • 4 Kourichi • 5 Merzekane • 6 Bencheikh • 7 Assad • 8 Fergani (c) • 9 Bensaoula • 10 Belloumi • 11 Madjer • 12 Larbès • 13 Yahi • 14 Zidane • 15 Dahleb • 16 Mansouri • 17 Horr • 18 Maroc • 19 Tlemçani • 20 Bourebbou • 21 Amara • 22 Bentaala • Coach: Khalef & MekloufiCategories:- 1953 births
- Living people
- Algerian footballers
- Algeria international footballers
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- 1980 African Cup of Nations players
- 1984 African Cup of Nations players
- Montreal Manic players
- RC Kouba players
- Algerian football biography stubs
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