Mahieddine Khalef
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| Date of birth | 17 January 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mechra Bel Ksiri, French protectorate in Morocco | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 December 2024 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Algiers, Algeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1961 | KAC Kenitra | ||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1967 | IZ Khemisset | ||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1970 | JS Kabylie | ||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 | NA Hussein Dey | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1974 | JS Kabylie | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1990 | JS Kabylie | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1984 | Algeria | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Al Ain FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | IR Tanger | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1997 | MC Oujda | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | ES Sahel | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | JS Kabylie | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Mahieddine Khalef (Arabic: محيي الدين خالف; 17 January 1944 – 10 December 2024) was an Algerian football player and manager. Most notably he was the co-manager of the Algeria national team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, together with Rachid Mekloufi,[1] where Les Fennecs caused a sensation by defeating European reigning champions West Germany in their first World Cup appearance.[2] Despite this achievement, Algeria went on to be eliminated at the end of the group stage, thanks to a convenient result for both West Germany and Austria in their fixture, in what is known as the Disgrace of Gijón.[3] Austrian player Reinhold Hintermaier later admitted that that match was fixed.[4] Khalef died in Algiers on 10 December 2024, at the age of 80.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "L'Effectif de la Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie". www.jskonline.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ FIFA.com. "World Cup Highlights: Germany - Algeria, Spain 1982". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ Doyle, Paul (12 June 2010). "The day in 1982 when the world wept for Algeria". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ Münchrath, Manfred (5 June 2022). ""Schande von Gijon": Lasst uns das nach Hause schaukeln" ["Disgrace of Gijón": Let's Drive This Home]. kicker (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "وفاة المدرب الوطني الأسبق محي الدين خالف". elbilad.net. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Mahieddine Khalef at WorldFootball.net
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Categories:
- 1944 births
- 2024 deaths
- People from Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
- Algerian men's footballers
- Kénitra AC players
- IZ Khemisset players
- JS Kabylie players
- NA Hussein Dey players
- Algerian football managers
- 1982 FIFA World Cup managers
- JS Kabylie managers
- Algeria national football team managers
- Al Ain FC managers
- IR Tanger managers
- MC Oujda managers
- Étoile Sportive du Sahel managers
- Algerian expatriate football managers
- Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
- Expatriate football managers in Morocco
- 1980 African Cup of Nations managers
- 1982 African Cup of Nations managers
- 1984 African Cup of Nations managers
- 21st-century Algerian sportsmen
- 20th-century Algerian sportsmen