Mohamed Timoumi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohamed Timoumi | ||
Date of birth | 25 August 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Rabat, Morocco | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1984 | US Touarga | – | (–) |
1984–1986 | FAR de Rabat | – | (–) |
1986–1987 | Murcia | 29 | (2) |
1987–1989 | KSC Lokeren | 31 | (5) |
1989–1990 | OC Khouribga | – | (–) |
1990–1993 | Al-Suwaiq | – | (–) |
1993–1994 | CO Casablanca | – | (–) |
1994–1995 | FAR de Rabat | – | (–) |
National team | |||
1979–1990 | Morocco[1] | 63 | (9) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Mohamed Timoumi (Arabic: محمد التيمومي) (born 15 January 1960) is a Moroccan former footballer. He was named African Footballer of the Year in 1985, and was the last player to win this award while playing club football in an African country. The player took part in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.[2] At club level, Mohammed Timoumi won the CAF Champions League with FAR Rabat, the biggest Moroccan football club of his era. He also competed for Morocco at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[3]
In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[4]
Mohamed Timoumi played at a young age for the team of the Union of Touarga, where he was the youngest player. It was there where he was first noticed by theobservers and experts of Moroccan football.
His burgeoning talent led him to join one of the biggest Moroccan clubs: FAR Rabat, with whom he won the CAF Champions League in 1985.
In 1985, his talent exploded despite a fracture during the FAR Rabat match against the Egyptian team Zamalek in the semifinals. During this year, Timoumi was, in the unanimous opinion of the international sports press, the star of Africa. He also received the Ballon d'Or Africain.
A year later, he participated in the final phase of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. In Mexico City he was considered one of the most important elements of the Moroccan selection. Morocco ranked first in its group with 0 defeats and a resounding victory against Portugal 3-1. This result allowed him to be the first Arab and African country to reach the second round of the World Cup.
Timoumi's entry into the world of professionalism (Spain and Belgium) had a negative effect on his psychology, as according to several observers, Timoumi's professional career was poorly managed, which led to a more or less premature retirement.
References[]
- ^ Mohamed Timoumi - International Appearances
- ^ Mohamed Timoumi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Mohamed Timoumi Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
- ^ "Meilleur joueur des 50 dernières années 14 Marocains en lice" (in French). Le Matin. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Moroccan footballers
- Moroccan expatriate footballers
- Morocco international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Morocco
- Association football midfielders
- Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- 1980 African Cup of Nations players
- 1988 African Cup of Nations players
- Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Morocco
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Oman
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Oman
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- AS FAR (football) players
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- Al-Suwaiq Club players
- Real Murcia players
- Belgian First Division A players
- La Liga players
- Sportspeople from Rabat
- African Footballer of the Year winners
- Olympique Club de Khouribga players
- Mediterranean Games medalists in football
- Moroccan football midfielder stubs