Salah Assad

Salah Assad

Assad in 1986
Personal information
Full name	Salah Assad
Date of birth	(1958-03-13) 13 March 1958 (age 64)
Place of birth	Larbaâ Nath Irathen, Algeria
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1972–1974	JSM Chéraga
1974–1975	RC Kouba
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1982	RC Kouba / RS Kouba	–	(–)
1982–1983	FC Mulhouse	26	(13)
1983–1984	→ Paris-SG (loan)	11	(1)
1984–1986	FC Mulhouse	55	(15)
1986–1989	RS Kouba / R Kouba	–	(–)
1989	JSM Chéraga	–	(–)
National team
1977–1989	Algeria	68	(15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Salah Assad (Arabic: صالح عصاد; born 10 June 1958 in Larbaâ Nath Irathen) is a former Algerian football striker and manager.

He played for RC Kouba, where he won an Algerian championship in 1981, and in France for FC Mulhouse For Algeria national football team, he participated at the 1980, 1982, and 1986 African Cup of Nations, 1980 Summer Olympics,^[1] and at two edition of FIFA World Cup in 1982 and 1986, scored two goals.

Assad currently holds the record with Islam Slimani of most scored goals at the World Cup for Algeria, which were both scored in the 1982 World Cup. Slimani in 2014.^[2]

Biography[]

Salah Assad started playing young with JSM Cheraga and after with RC Kouba. In 1975, he played with the senior team until 1982 and he wins the algerian championship in 1981.

Career statistics[]

International goals[]

Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.^[3]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 July 1978 (1978-07-13)	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Egypt	1–1	1–1	1978 All-Africa Games
2.	28 October 1978 (1978-10-28)	Independence Stadium, Lusaka	Zambia	0–1	0–3	Friendly
3.	29 September 1979 (1979-09-29)	Stadion Poljud, Split	Greece	0–2	0–2	1979 Mediterranean Games
4.	9 December 1979 (1979-12-09)	Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca	Morocco	1–5	1–5	1980 Summer Olympics qualification
5.	21 December 1979 (1979-12-21)	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Morocco	3–0	3–0	1980 Summer Olympics qualification
6.	19 March 1980 (1980-03-19)	Liberty Stadium, Ibadan	Egypt	1–2	2–2	1980 African Cup of Nations
7.	3 April 1981 (1981-04-03)	19 June Stadium, Oran	Senegal	2–0	2–0	Friendly
8.	30 August 1981 (1981-08-30)	Stade du 19 Juin, Oran	Upper Volta	7–0	7–0	1982 African Cup of Nations qualification
9.	7 February 1982 (1982-02-07)	Stade El Menzah, Tunis	Tunisia	0–1	0–1	Friendly
10.	10 March 1982 (1982-03-10)	March 28 Stadium, Benghazi	Nigeria	2–1	2–1	1982 African Cup of Nations
11.	16 March 1982 (1982-03-16)	28 March Stadium, Benghazi	Ghana	1–2	3–2	1982 African Cup of Nations
12.	28 April 1982 (1982-04-28)	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Republic of Ireland	1–0	2–0	Friendly
13.	24 June 1982 (1982-06-24)	Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo	Chile	1–0	3–2	1982 FIFA World Cup
14.				2–0
15.	13 November 1988 (1988-11-13)	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Mali	2–0	7–0	Friendly

Honours[]

Club[]

• Algerian League Champion in 1981 with RC Kouba

International[]

• 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
• Quarter final round in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
• 2 participations in FIFA World Cup of 1982 in Spain & 1986 in Mexico

Individual[]

• Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament:1980,1982
• Best left forward in 1982 FIFA World Cup^[4]
• 2nd best African football player of the year in 1982^[5]

References[]

External links[]

• Salah Assad – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Salah Assad at National-Football-Teams.com

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