33·Legends

Hacène Lalmas vs Madjid Bougherra

Algeria against Algeria. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.

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Hacène Lalmas

Algeria · 1962–2007 · CM

Almanac rating
85
Rank in Algeria
#5 of 33
Caps
43 · 14 goals
Clubs
OMR El Annasser, CR Belouizdad, NA Hussein Dey

On 22 October 1962 Lalmas scored fourteen goals in one match, an 18-0 win over Birtouta, and no Algerian bettered that single-game figure until 2007; the terraces called him El Kebch, the Ram. He won four league titles and three Algerian Cups with CR Belouizdad, three Maghreb Champions Cups, the 1969-70 scoring prize, and finished with 131 championship goals and 43 caps. Career record: 43 caps and 14 goals for Algeria; club career at OMR El Annasser, CR Belouizdad, NA Hussein Dey.

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Madjid Bougherra

Algeria · 2009–10 · CB

Almanac rating
84
Rank in Algeria
#8 of 33
Caps
70 · 4 goals
Clubs
FC Gueugnon, Rangers, Al-Duhail SC

PFA Scotland handed him goal of the season on 3 May 2010 for a centre-half's strike in Rangers' 7-1 win over Dundee United, and four years later he wore the armband as Algeria took Germany to extra time in Porto Alegre. Three Scottish league titles with Rangers, a Scottish Cup and two League Cups, two Qatari titles with Lekhwiya, 70 caps, Algerian Footballer of the Year in 2009 and 2010. Career record: 70 caps and 4 goals for Algeria; club career at FC Gueugnon, Rangers, Al-Duhail SC.

The verdict

The almanac puts Hacène Lalmas ahead by 1 rating point, 85 against 84.

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