Abdelhamid Kermali
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | April 24, 1931 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Akbou, Algeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | April 13, 2013 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Sétif, Algeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1948–1951 | USM Sétif | ||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1952 | USM Alger | ||||||||||||||||
| 1952–1953 | FC Mulhouse | ||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1955 | AS Cannes | ||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1958 | Olympique Lyonnais | 65 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 1962–1966 | USM Sétif | ||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 | ES Sétif | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | Algeria FLN | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 | ES Sétif | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1989 | MC Alger | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | MC Alger | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1992 | Algeria | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | MC Alger | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | ES Sétif | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Abdelhamid Kermali (April 24, 1931 – April 13, 2013[1]) was an Algerian footballer and football manager of the Algerian national team.[2]
Kermali was born in Akbou, Algeria. He played in several Algerian clubs as a striker, including USM Alger, before leaving for France to play for FC Mulhouse, AS Cannes and Olympique Lyonnais, with whom he made 65 Ligue 1 appearances, scoring 14 goals.[3]
As a manager, Kermali led the Algerian national team to its first continental trophy, winning the 1990 African Cup of Nations hosted in Algeria. He also guided the team to the title of the 1991 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations.
References
- ^ "Former national football coach Abdelhamid Kermali passes away". Algeria Press Service. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "1983-1984 KERMALI ABDELHAMID" (in French). sebbar.kazeo.com. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
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- Ouahib, Yazid (April 14, 2013). "Cheikh Kermali est parti". El Watan (in French). Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013. - ^ RB (April 15, 2013). "DÉCÈS D'ABDELHAMID KERMALI" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
Bibliography
Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.