Lakhdar Belloumi vs Madjid Bougherra
Algeria against Algeria. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Lakhdar Belloumi
Algeria · 1980–88 · CAM
- Almanac rating
- 89
- Rank in Algeria
- #3 of 33
- Caps
- 101 · 27 goals
- Clubs
- Ghali Chabab Mascara, MC Algiers, USM Bel-Abbès
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.
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 Lakhdar Belloumi ahead by 5 rating points, 89 against 84.
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