33·Legends

Abdelmajid Dolmy vs Mustapha Hadji

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Abdelmajid Dolmy

Morocco · 1976–2025 · CDM

Almanac rating
86
Rank in Morocco
#10 of 33
Caps
140 · 8 goals
Clubs
Raja Club Athletic, Club Olympique de Casablanca

UNESCO honoured him in 1992 for more than 750 matches without a single red card, most of them in seventeen years at Raja Casablanca, where he was simply Maestro. He played every game of Morocco's 1976 Africa Cup of Nations win, the country's only continental title until 2025, and every minute of the 1986 World Cup, when Morocco finished above England and Portugal and became the first African side in the last 16; three Throne Cups came at Raja. Career record: 140 caps and 8 goals for Morocco; club career at Raja Club Athletic, Club Olympique de Casablanca.

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Mustapha Hadji

Morocco · 1995–2001 · RM

Almanac rating
87
Rank in Morocco
#7 of 33
Caps
63 · 12 goals
Clubs
A.S. Nancy-Lorraine, Coventry City, 1. FC Saarbrücken

Montpellier, 10 June 1998: he ran onto a long ball, shrugged off his marker and finished in the 37th minute, the goal that opened a 2-2 draw with Norway at France 98. African Footballer of the Year followed that December, the first time a Moroccan had won the CAF award; he played two World Cups, took the Portuguese Super Cup with Sporting in 1995 and the Intertoto Cup with Aston Villa in 2001. Career record: 63 caps and 12 goals for Morocco; club career at A.S. Nancy-Lorraine, Coventry City, 1. FC Saarbrücken.

The verdict

The almanac puts Mustapha Hadji ahead by 1 rating point, 87 against 86.

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