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Mehdi Cerbah (3 April 1953 – 29 October 2021) was an Algerian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Algeria national team.

Career

Cerbah spent most of his career playing for Algerian sides USM Alger, JS Kabylie and RC Kouba. He played one season of indoor football in Canada, after signing in January 1983 with NASL side Montreal Manic.^[1]^[2]^[3] He returned to Algeria and finished his career in RC Kouba until 1986.

Cerbah won 57 caps for the Algeria national team, including three appearances at the 1982 FIFA World Cup finals, which included a famous victory over West Germany.^[4] He also played in several African Cup of Nations finals, including the 1980 finals where Algeria finished runners-up, losing to Nigeria in the final 3–0.^[5]

Honours

Club

Algerian League Champion in 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980 with JS Kabylie and in 1981 with RC Kouba
- 2nd in the Algerian League in 1978, 1979 with JS Kabylie
Algerian Cup winner in 1977 with JS Kabylie
- 2nd in Algerian Cup in 1979 with JS Kabylie
2nd in Maghreb Champions Cup with JS Kabylie
2nd in 1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer with Montreal Manic

Country

Gold medal in the 1975 Mediterranean Games in Algiers
Gold medal in the 1978 All-Africa Games in Algiers
Bronze medal in the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split
2nd in the final of the 1980 African Cup of Nations in Nigeria
Participation in FIFA World Cup of 1982 in Spain

Individual

Best Algerian goalkeeper of the 20th Century
Defensive MVP of 1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer with Montreal Manic

References

^ "Manic ink Algerian 'keeper". The Montreal Gazette. 18 January 1983. p. D-8. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
^ "Cerbah : "Chaouchi-Gaouaoui, y a pas de numéro 1 "" (in French). Competition.dz. 9 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012.
^ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ Mehdi Cerbah – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ Boesenberg, Eric; Stokkermans, Karel & Mazet, François (1 May 2003). "African Nations Cup 1980". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010.

External links

(in French) Mehdi Cerbah statistics - dzfootball
NASL stats

[1] "Manic ink Algerian 'keeper". The Montreal Gazette. 18 January 1983. p. D-8. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

[2] "Cerbah : "Chaouchi-Gaouaoui, y a pas de numéro 1 "" (in French). Competition.dz. 9 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012.

[google1-3] "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 27 February 2015.

[4] Mehdi Cerbah – FIFA competition record (archived)

[5] Boesenberg, Eric; Stokkermans, Karel & Mazet, François (1 May 2003). "African Nations Cup 1980". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010.

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