33·Legends

Mohamed Timoumi vs Noureddine Naybet

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

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Mohamed Timoumi

Morocco · 1985–86 · CAM

Almanac rating
87
Rank in Morocco
#6 of 33
Caps
46 · 9 goals
Clubs
Union de Touarga, Real Murcia, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen

France Football's 1985 ballot gave him 113 points to Rabah Madjer's 45, and he is still the last African Footballer of the Year to have won it while playing his club football in Africa. That same year he lifted the African Cup of Champions Clubs with FAR Rabat and was voted its best player, then ran Morocco's midfield at the 1986 World Cup, where they became the first African side to reach the second round. Career record: 46 caps and 9 goals for Morocco; club career at Union de Touarga, Real Murcia, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen.

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Noureddine Naybet

Morocco · 1992–2004 · CB

Almanac rating
87
Rank in Morocco
#8 of 33
Caps
115 · 4 goals
Clubs
Wydad Athletic Club, Sporting CP, Deportivo de A Coruña
Honours
Hall of Fame 2004

At 34 he joined Tottenham for £700,000 and scored his only goal for them in the 4-5 north London derby of November 2004, a volley past Jens Lehmann in a match with nine different scorers. He had already won Deportivo's first La Liga title in 2000, the African Cup of Champions Clubs with Wydad in 1992, a Copa del Rey and two Spanish Super Cups; his 115 Morocco caps across 17 years remain the only century by a Moroccan. Career record: 115 caps and 4 goals for Morocco; club career at Wydad Athletic Club, Sporting CP, Deportivo de A Coruña; honours include Hall of Fame 2004.

The verdict

The almanac cannot separate them: both are rated 87.

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