Abderrahmane Mahjoub

Abderrahman Mahjoub ( born April 25, 1929 in Casablanca, Morocco; † August 31, 2011 ibid ), also known as Abderrahmane Belmahjoub, was a Moroccan football player, who played most of his career in France. Later he trained, among others, the Moroccan national team.

Club career

The left external rotor began his career with the U.S. Marocaine Casablanca and moved, as some players before and after him (eg Mario Zatelli and Just Fontaine ) from French- ruled north Africa to the French professional league. 1951, secured the Racing Club Paris the services of the " tall, slender, cat -facing " player who ever was " with his incomparable technique and his confusing dribbling one of the most spectacular French football player " and " a Ben Barek could have been, he would have a little more self-confidence and audacity possessed ". Mahjoub was also not only preparers but itself a goal threat. The capital club struggled during this time but against relegation, he could no longer avoid 1953.

Abderrahman Mahjoub then moved to OGC Nice, where he Fontaine, Ujlaki and Nurenberg fed together with the right half Cuissard the striker " Justo " with edges and templates. In Division 1 it arrived though only 8th place, but in the cup, the OGC fought to through to the final and won it 2-1 against Olympique Marseille. This season 1953/54, Mahjoub was also international ( see below).

Nevertheless, he returned that summer to Racing Paris - and this time he stayed for six years there. Another national title he could not win this time, but the club ended any playing time on a single-digit table space; 1959 and 1960 he was with one third in the most successful. In 1958 ( and again in 1963/64 ) Mahjoub played there again with Joseph Ujlaki, his former teammate at Nice, in a team. 1960 attracted the Zweitdivisionär SO Montpellier the Moroccans to southern France, and its share of the league championship and advancement was considerable. It was followed by two more seasons in the Languedoc, in 1962 the team finished with a good midfielder rank in 1963 but only as a last but one. The external rotor did not play again in Division 2, so I went for the third time to Racing Paris. As the RCP in 1964 had also descend - albeit as Third to last until the Barrages - Mahjoub ended his professional career in France and still played four years for Wydad AC Casablanca.

Stations

  • To 1951: Union Sportive Marocaine de Casablanca
  • 1951-1953: Racing Club de Paris
  • 1953/54: OGC Nice
  • 1954-1960: Racing Club de Paris
  • 1960-1963: Stade Olympique Montpelliérain ( 1960/61, in D2)
  • 1963/64: Racing Club de Paris
  • 1964-1968: Wydad Athletic Club Casablanca

National players

From December 1953 to October 1955 denied Abderrahman Mahjoub 7 A- caps for France. His debut in the 8-0 win over Luxembourg came just in time, so he was nominated for the 22er squad of Les Bleus in the World Cup finals in 1954. In Switzerland, he arrived at the preliminary round win over Mexico used, which could not but tricolore prevent premature retirement of the Équipe. After this World Cup Mahjoub convinced especially in France away wins against world champions Germany (1954, 3-1 in Hannover), Spain (1955, 2-1 in Madrid ) and Switzerland (1955, 2-1 in Basel). But when they wanted him just in this district to constant power, the new national coach Albert Batteux replaced him soon regularly by Jean -Jacques Marcel.

Palmarčs as a player

  • French Champion: None
  • French Cup Winners: 1954
  • 7 A- internationals for France, 3 of them during his time in Nice and 4 at Paris; World Cup participant in 1954
  • 246 games and 57 goals in Division 1, of which 153/32 for Paris, 30 /3 for Nice, 63/22 for Montpellier

Coach

From 1968 Mahjoub worked in Morocco as a coach; 1964 to 1967 (along with Mohamed Massoun ) and again in 1971, he supervised the local National selection. Later he opened a restaurant ( " Rick 's Café " ) in Casablanca.

Familial

His five years older brother Mohamed Mahjoub ( born February 12, 1924) was from 1947 to 1953 also professional football player and played, including two years at the French football club Olympique Marseille.

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