33·Legends

Lakhdar Cerbah vs Madjid Bougherra

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

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Lakhdar Cerbah

Algeria · 1975–86 · GK

Almanac rating
83
Rank in Algeria
#10 of 33

Cerbah kept goal in all three of Algeria's group games in Spain in 1982, including the day in Gijón on 16 June when they beat West Germany, the reigning European champions, 2-1. Runner-up at the 1980 Africa Cup of Nations, 57 caps between 1975 and 1986, five Algerian league titles, gold at the 1975 Mediterranean Games and the 1978 All-Africa Games, and later voted Algeria's goalkeeper of the century.

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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 Madjid Bougherra ahead by 1 rating point, 84 against 83.

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