Lakhdar Belloumi

Lakhdar Belloumi

Belloumi with GC Mascara in 1984
Personal information
Full name	Lakhdar Belloumi
Date of birth	(1958-12-29) 29 December 1958 (age 58)
Place of birth	Mascara, Algeria
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Retired
Youth career
1973–1974	O. Sempac
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1976	O. Sempac	–	(–)
1976–1977	SKAF El-Khemis	–	(–)
1977–1978	GCB Mascara	26	(29)
1978–1979	MP Oran	25	(11)
1979–1981	MP Alger	30	(10)
1981–1987	GCR Mascara	60	(27)
1987–1988	Mouloudia d'Oran	56	(36)
1988	Al-Arabi SC	12	(4)
1989–1990	M. Oran / MC Oran	27	(12)
1990–1991	GC Mascara	4	(4)
1991–1992	USM Bel-Abbès	40	(20)
1992–1993	GC Mascara	12	(7)
1993–1994	MC Oran	27	(6)
1994–1996	GC Mascara	38	(19)
1996	MC Oran	11	(2)
1997	GC Mascara	13	(3)
1997–1998	ASM Oran	17	(9)
1998–1999	GC Mascara	25	(4)
Total		423	(203)
National team
1974–1977	Algeria U17	–	(–)
1977–1978	Algeria U20	4	(2)
1979–1980	Algeria military	–	(–)
1978–1989	Algeria	100	(27)
1989	Algeria futsal	3	(1)
Teams managed
2001–2002	MC Oran
2002–2003	USM Bel-Abbès
2003	Al Tadamun SC
2004–2005	Algeria
2005–2006	GC Mascara
2011	Algeria beach soccer
2015	Algeria beach soccer
Honours Player MC Oran Algerian Championship 1979 Winner Algerian Championship 1988 Runner-up African Cup 1989 Runner-up Algerian Championship 1990 GC Mascara Winner Algerian Championship 1984  Algeria Mediterranean Games 1979 Runner-up African Cup of Nations 1980 African Cup of Nations 1984 African Cup of Nations 1988 Manager MC Oran Runner-up Arab Cup 2001
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Lakhdar Belloumi (Arabic: لخضر بلومي‎‎ Lakhḍar Ballūmī; born 29 December 1958) is a former Algerian football player and manager. He is widely considered as 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 is awarded the 4th best African player of the century. He holds the record as the most capped Algerian player (with 100 national caps) and is also the third best goalscorer of the Algerian national team in all time (with 27 goals).

Belloumi's goal against reigning European champions West Germany earned Algeria a stunning 2–1 victory in their World Cup debut in Spain '82.

He participated at 1980 Summer Olympics, at two editions of FIFA World Cup (1982 and 1986), at four editions of Africa Cup of Nations (1980, 1982, 1984 and 1988) and at two editions of Mediterranean Games (1979 and 1983). For Algeria national football team he got 100 caps (FIFA recognize only 81 caps officially) and scored 27 goals. In 1981, he was awarded African Footballer of the Year. Belloumi scored the winning goal in the 2–1 win over West Germany in the 1982 World Cup, and was a pivotal player in the Algerian national team throughout the 1980s. His last game for Algeria came in 1989.