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Abdelmajid Dolmy

1953 - 2017

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Abdelmajid Dolmy (Arabic: عبد المجيد الظلمي; 20 August 1953 – 27 July 2017) was a Moroccan professional footballer who played as a libero then as a central midfielder for Raja CA and the Moroccan national team. Nicknamed Maestro, he is widely considered one of the best players in the history of Moroccan and African football. He started playing football in Derb sultan and joined the Raja-Oasis Complex in 1969 aged 16. Two years later, he joined the first team where he made a few appearances before establishing himself as a key player in 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdelmajid Dolmy is the 2,638th most popular soccer player (down from 2,238th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Morocco (down from 100th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Moroccan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Abdelmajid Dolmy ranks 2,638 out of 21,273. Before him are Im Shung-hwi, Stuart McCall, Giuseppe Furino, Leandro Paredes, Elemér Kocsis, and Tony Yeboah. After him are Rudolf Raftl, Nenad Bjelica, Gabriel Milito, Radivoje Ognjanović, Edinho, and Fred Pentland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Abdelmajid Dolmy ranks 297. Before him are Hwang Woo-suk, Oliver Ivanović, Zoltán Magyar, Ladislav Jurkemik, Kurt Fuller, and Michaël Dudok de Wit. After him are James Read, Patti Scialfa, Mohammad Bakri, Esther Hayut, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, and Jürgen Pommerenke. Among people deceased in 2017, Abdelmajid Dolmy ranks 346. Before him are John Abercrombie, Wu Wenjun, Robert Guillaume, Issam Zahreddine, Eduard Mudrik, and Jean Vuarnet. After him are Sue Grafton, Eugene Garfield, Tankred Dorst, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Vladimir Petrov, and Redha Malek.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Abdelmajid Dolmy ranks 103 out of 264. Before him are Aryeh Deri (1959), Malika Oufkir (1953), Abdallah Ibrahim (1918), Azzeddine Laraki (1929), Ahmed Rami (1946), and Yasmine Lafitte (1973). After him are Mohammed Hazzaz (1945), Gad Elmaleh (1971), Houmane Jarir (1944), Ahmed Bahnini (1909), Abdallah Lamrani (1946), and Med Hondo (1936).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Morocco

Among soccer players born in Morocco, Abdelmajid Dolmy ranks 7. Before him are Just Fontaine (1933), Larbi Benbarek (1914), Ahmed Faras (1946), Ezzaki Badou (1959), Mustapha Hadji (1971), and Noureddine Naybet (1970). After him are Mohammed Hazzaz (1945), Houmane Jarir (1944), Abdallah Lamrani (1946), Driss Bamous (1942), Abdeljalil Hadda (1972), and Abderrahmane Mahjoub (1929).

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