Mehdi Cerbah

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Mehdi Cerbah
Personal information
Full name Mehdi Cerbah
Date of birth (1953-04-03) 3 April 1953 (age 68)
Place of birth Algiers, Algeria
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1964–19?? RAM Alger
USM Alger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1972 USM Alger (0)
1972–1980 JS Kabylie / JS Kawkabi / JE Tizi Ouzou (0)
1980–1982 RS Kouba (0)
1983 Montreal Manic 5 (0)
1983–1986 RS Kouba (0)
National team
1975–1986 Algeria 57 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mehdi Cerbah (born 3 April 1953) is an Algerian retired international football player.

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 made several appearances for the Algeria national football 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]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Manic ink Algerian 'keeper". The Montreal Gazette. January 18, 1983. p. D-8. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  2. ^ "Cerbah : "Chaouchi-Gaouaoui, y a pas de numéro 1 "" (in French). Competition.dz. 2009-12-09.
  3. ^ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  4. ^ Mehdi CerbahFIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ Boesenberg, Eric; Stokkermans, Karel & Mazet, François (2003-05-01). "African Nations Cup 1980". RSSSF. Archived from the original on February 1, 2010.

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