Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 April 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Oran, French Algeria | ||
Date of death | 29 March 2024 | (aged 66)||
Place of death | Oran, Algeria | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward, centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
MC Oran | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1977–1988 | MC Oran | ||
1988–1989 | USM Bel Abbès | ||
1989–1994 | MC Oran | ||
International career | |||
1987 | Algeria | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1995–1997 | MC Oran | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Habib Benmimoun ( Arabic: الحبيب بن ميمون; 11 April 1957 – 29 March 2024) was an Algerian football player and head coach who played as a forward and centre-back, notably for MC Oran.
An MC Oran youth product, Benmimoun spent most of his career with the club, from 1977 to 1988 and from 1989 to 1994. [1] In the 1988–89 season he played for USM Bel Abbès. [1] With MC Oran he won the 1987–88 Algerian Championnat National and the Algerian Cup in 1983–84 and 1984–85. [1] Having begun his career as a centre-back, he was later converted to a forward. [1]
He made one FIFA-official appearance for the Algeria national team, in a 0–0 draw against Tunisia on 11 December 1987, as part of the 1988 Arab Cup qualification. [2] [3]
Benmimoun was manager of MC Oran between 1995 and 1997. [3]
Benmimoun died on 29 March 2024 in Oran, at the age of 66. [4]
MC Oran
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 11 April 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Oran, French Algeria | ||
Date of death | 29 March 2024 | (aged 66)||
Place of death | Oran, Algeria | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward, centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
MC Oran | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1977–1988 | MC Oran | ||
1988–1989 | USM Bel Abbès | ||
1989–1994 | MC Oran | ||
International career | |||
1987 | Algeria | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1995–1997 | MC Oran | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Habib Benmimoun ( Arabic: الحبيب بن ميمون; 11 April 1957 – 29 March 2024) was an Algerian football player and head coach who played as a forward and centre-back, notably for MC Oran.
An MC Oran youth product, Benmimoun spent most of his career with the club, from 1977 to 1988 and from 1989 to 1994. [1] In the 1988–89 season he played for USM Bel Abbès. [1] With MC Oran he won the 1987–88 Algerian Championnat National and the Algerian Cup in 1983–84 and 1984–85. [1] Having begun his career as a centre-back, he was later converted to a forward. [1]
He made one FIFA-official appearance for the Algeria national team, in a 0–0 draw against Tunisia on 11 December 1987, as part of the 1988 Arab Cup qualification. [2] [3]
Benmimoun was manager of MC Oran between 1995 and 1997. [3]
Benmimoun died on 29 March 2024 in Oran, at the age of 66. [4]
MC Oran