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Mehdi Cerbah

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Mehdi Cerbah
Personal information
Full name Mehdi Cerbah
Date of birth (1953-04-03)3 April 1953
Place of birth Algiers, French Algeria
Date of death 29 October 2021(2021-10-29) (aged 68)
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)
International career
1975–1986 Algeria 57 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career

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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]

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References

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  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.
  3. ^ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  4. ^ Mehdi CerbahFIFA 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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