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Lakhdar Belloumi

1958 - Today

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Lakhdar Belloumi (Arabic: لخضر بلومي; born on 29 December 1958) is an Algerian former football player and manager. A former attacking midfielder, he is widely considered the best Algerian player of all time and one of the best players in Africa. He is said to have invented the "Blind Pass". He was named the fourth-best African player of the century by IFFHS. He holds the record as the most capped Algerian player with 100 national caps (147 caps not recognized by FIFA) and is also the third best goalscorer of the Algerian national team in all time with 28 goals (34 goals not recognized by FIFA). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lakhdar Belloumi is the 1,551st most popular soccer player (down from 1,079th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Algerian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Lakhdar Belloumi ranks 1,551 out of 21,273. Before him are Juan Carlos González, Ramaz Shengelia, Brahim Díaz, Joel Camargo, Roberto De Zerbi, and Ferenc Hirzer. After him are Augusto da Costa, Yoshinori Shigematsu, Soh Chin Ann, Ciriaco Errasti, Mick Jones, and Vlatko Marković.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Lakhdar Belloumi ranks 150. Before him are Karlheinz Förster, Michael Winslow, Serena Grandi, Yuriy Boyko, Mohammad Shtayyeh, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. After him are Charlie Kaufman, Stephen Hopkins, Hiromi Kawakami, Sergey Litvinov, Kuupik Kleist, and Kornelia Ender.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Lakhdar Belloumi ranks 99 out of 213. Before him are Alexandre Villaplane (1905), Alain Mimoun (1921), Idir (1949), Pierre Blanchar (1892), Patrick Bruel (1959), and Optatus (400). After him are Mouloud Mammeri (1917), Rachid Mekhloufi (1936), Abdelaziz Djerad (1954), Boughera El Ouafi (1898), Rabah Saâdane (1946), and Abdelaziz Belkhadem (1945).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Algeria

Among soccer players born in Algeria, Lakhdar Belloumi ranks 3. Before him are Rabah Madjer (1958), and Alexandre Villaplane (1905). After him are Rachid Mekhloufi (1936), Rabah Saâdane (1946), Djamel Zidane (1955), Djamel Menad (1960), Ernest Libérati (1906), Mohammed El Filali (1945), Mustapha Dahleb (1952), Célestin Oliver (1930), and Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (1927).

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