Halim Benmabrouk
Alim Ben Mabrouk (Arabic حليم بن مبروك; born June 25, 1960 in Lyon), Halim Benmabrouk, is a former Algerian- French football player who spent his entire career with French clubs, but internationally aground for Algeria.
Club career
Ben Mabrouk spent his first eight years of life in a slum near Lyon, before he moved to a settlement of the metropolitan area with his parents. As a youth player he belonged to the same club as its about the same age friend Luis Fernández, who made the jump to the French national team later. Later professionals competed for a shot at professional club Olympique Lyon, but both were not accepted. Instead, they moved together to AS Saint -Priest, in which Ben Mabrouk In 1979, the leap into the third division team. He was able to establish in the team and sparked the interest of the second division Paris FC, in 1981 signed him.
After a second league year with regular missions he signed the 1982 city and league rivals RC Paris. There, too, he was promoted directly to the regulars and defended its position over the years; its 1984-1985 ongoing first season in the top French league followed the renewed rise in 1986. This was connected with the obligation of Luis Fernández, was at his side Ben Mabrouk defend his place, however. The Algerians went to the Cup final in 1990, although this was lost with 1:2 against HSC Montpellier. In the same year he returned to Paris back after he had been staying with this, despite the success in the Cup in the second division.
He found a new employer in the first division club Girondins Bordeaux. In 1991, he also left Bordeaux due to the decline in the second division and returned to his home city of Lyon, where he signed with Olympique Lyon, of which he had been rejected as a teenager. Due to a major competition he was in the first division but not set, so in 1992 he age of 32 primary and 101 second-division games, each with ten goals decided by 157 for an end to his career. Following this, he settled as a restaurateur in Lyon.
National
During his time at RC Paris Ben Mabrouk was appointed in 1986 with 25 years in the cadre of the Algerian national team and was at a 0:2 against Switzerland on 6 May his debut. A few weeks later, he was considered for the 1986 World Cup; during the tournament, he came in two games for use, even if he already had to accept the resignation after the preliminary round. The three international matches without scoring followed no further. However, There are also two unofficial games against club teams.