Ahmed Oudjani

Ahmed Oudjani
	Oudjani in 1997
Personal information
Date of birth	19 March 1937
Place of birth	Philippeville (Skikda), Algeria
Date of death	14 January 1998 (aged 60)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1955-1957
Senior career*
Years	Team
1957–1958
1958–1965	Lens
1965–1966	RC Paris
1966–1967	Sedan
1967–1968	Caen
1968–1969	US Tébessa
1969–1971	JSM Béjaïa
National team
	Algeria FLN
	Algeria
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ahmed Oudjani (19 March 1937 – 15 January 1998) was an Algerian football striker.

Biography[]

Oudjani was a member of the Algerian FLN team before the country gained its independence. He is also the all-time top scorer in RC Lens history, having scored 94 goals in 148 matches for the team, including 6 goals in one game against RC Paris in the 1963/1964 season. He scored 99 career goals in Ligue 1.

Ahmed is the father of former Algerian international Chérif Oudjani, who scored the winning goal in the final of the 1990 African Cup of Nations.

Ahmed's family is of Kabyle origin, and hails from the village of Sidi Aïch in Bejaïa.

Honours[]

Won the Coupe Drago three times with RC Lens in 1959, 1960 and 1965
All-time top scorer in RC Lens history with 94 goals
15 caps with the Algerian National Team

External links[]

Ahmed Oudjani at National-Football-Teams.com
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