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Mahieddine Khalef

1944 - 2024

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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, where Les Fennecs caused a sensation by defeating European reigning champions West Germany in their first World Cup appearance. 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. Austrian player Reinhold Hintermaier later admitted that that match was fixed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mahieddine Khalef is the 127th most popular coach (up from 242nd in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Morocco (up from 119th in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Coach.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Mahieddine Khalef ranks 127 out of 471. Before him are Pim Verbeek, Vladimir Petrović, Otto Nerz, Sergio Bertoni, Vladimir Petković, and Co Adriaanse. After him are André Villas-Boas, Anatoliy Byshovets, Julian Nagelsmann, Lajos Czeizler, Zlatko Kranjčar, and Wiel Coerver.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Mahieddine Khalef ranks 309. Before him are John McCook, Jiří Holeček, Boris Mikhailov, Tim Rice, Jean-Louis Debré, and Klaus Fichtel. After him are Pedro Barreto, Carl Bernstein, Gary Glitter, Kuniya Daini, Jean-Pierre Ricard, and Richard Belzer. Among people deceased in 2024, Mahieddine Khalef ranks 201. Before him are Vernor Vinge, Annelie Ehrhardt, Dabney Coleman, Aribert Reimann, Josip Manolić, and Rebecca Horn. After him are George Rhoden, Akira Endo, Carl Andre, Bernard Chiarelli, Daniel Williams, and Dallas Long.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Mahieddine Khalef ranks 64 out of 264. Before him are Abdallah ibn Yasin (null), Saïd Aouita (1959), Mohamed Oufkir (1920), Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco (1978), Samira Said (1958), and Abderrahmane Youssoufi (1924). After him are Abdellatif Filali (1928), Abdelilah Benkirane (1954), Macha Méril (1940), Baba Sali (1889), Saadeddine Othmani (1956), and Ahmed Aboutaleb (1961).

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Among COACHES In Morocco

Among coaches born in Morocco, Mahieddine Khalef ranks 1. After him are Hussein Ammouta (1969).

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