Mehdi Cerbah
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mehdi Cerbah | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Algiers, Algeria | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1964–.... | RAM Alger | ||
| ....–.... | USM Alger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ....–1972 | USM Alger | ||
| 1972–1980 | JS Kabylie | ||
| 1980–1982 | RC Kouba | ||
| 1982–1983 | Montreal Manic | ||
| 1983 | Montreal Manic (indoor) | 6 | |
| 1983–1986 | RC Kouba | ||
| National team | |||
| 1975–1985 | Algeria | 57 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Mehdi Cerbah (born 3 April 1953 in Algiers) is a retired Algeria international football player.
Cerbah spent most of his career playing for Algerian sides USM Alger, JS Kabylie and RC Kouba. He played one and a half seasons in Canada, after signing in January 1983[1] with NASL side Montreal Manic.[2][3] He returned to Algeria and finished career in RC Kouba till 1986.
Cerbah made several appearances for the Algeria national football team, including three appearances at the 1982 FIFA World Cup finals.[4] He also played in several African Cup of Nations finals, including the 1980 finals where Algeria finished runners-up.[5]
Honours
Club
- Algerian League Champion in 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980 with JS Kabylie and in 1981 with RC Kouba
- 2nd in the Algerian League in 1978, 1979 with JS Kabylie
- Algerian Cup winner in 1977 with JS Kabylie
- 2nd in Algerian Cup in 1979 with JS Kabylie
- 2nd in Maghreb Champions Cup with JS Kabylie
- 2nd in 1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer with Montreal Manic
Country
- Gold medal in the 1975 Mediterranean Games in Algiers
- 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
- Participation in FIFA World Cup of 1982 in Spain
Individual
- Best Algerian goalkeeper of the 20th Century
- Defensive MVP of 1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer with Montreal Manic
References
- ↑ "Manic ink Algerian 'keeper". The Montreal Gazette. January 18, 1983. p. D-8. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Cerbah : "Chaouchi-Gaouaoui, y a pas de numéro 1 "" (in French). Competition.dz. 2009-12-09.
- ↑ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ Mehdi Cerbah – FIFA competition record
- ↑ Boesenberg, Eric; Stokkermans, Karel & Mazet, François (2003-05-01). "African Nations Cup 1980". RSSSF. Archived from the original on February 1, 2010.
External links
- (French) Mehdi Cerbah statistics - dzfootball
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