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Algeria · 1980–88Lakhdar Belloumi
Rating
89
Caps
101
Goals
27
Life
1958
Clubs
Ghali Chabab Mascara, MC Algiers, USM Bel-Abbès
#3
Editorial rank of 33 for Algeria
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Seconds after West Germany equalised in Gijón on 16 June 1982, Belloumi turned in Salah Assad's cross for the 68th-minute winner that beat the reigning European champions 2-1 in Algeria's first World Cup match. He was African Footballer of the Year in 1981, reached the 1980 Africa Cup of Nations final, won Algerian titles with GC Mascara in 1984 and MC Oran in 1988, and retired on 100 caps. Career record: 101 caps and 27 goals for Algeria; club career at Ghali Chabab Mascara, MC Algiers, USM Bel-Abbès.
Career record
| 1976–1977 | SKAF Khemis Miliana |
| 1977–1978 | Ghali Chabab Mascara |
| 1978–1979 | Mouloudia Club of Oran |
| 1979–1981 | MC Algiers |
| 1981–1987 | Ghali Chabab Mascara |
| 1987–1988 | Mouloudia Club of Oran |
| 1988–1988 | Al-Arabi SC |
| 1989–1990 | Mouloudia Club of Oran |
| 1990–1991 | Ghali Chabab Mascara |
| 1991–1992 | USM Bel-Abbès |
| 1992–1993 | Ghali Chabab Mascara |
| 1993–1994 | Mouloudia Club of Oran |
| Algeria | 101 caps, 27 goals |
Shared the era
Algeria legends whose careers overlapped Belloumi's