Mustapha Zitouni

Personal information
Date of birth	(1928-10-19)19 October 1928
Place of birth	Algiers, French Algeria
Date of death	5 January 2014(2014-01-05) (aged 85)
Place of death	Nice, France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	( Gls)
1950–1953	OM Saint-Eugène [2] [3] [4]
1953–1954	Cannes	38	(4)
1954–1958	Monaco	136	(2)
1962–1963	Chartres
1964–1967 [5]	RC Kouba
Total		174	(6)
International career
1957–1958	France	4	(0)
1958–1962	Algeria FLN
1963–1965 [6] [7]	Algeria	12	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mustapha Zitouni (19 October 1928 – 5 January 2014) was a professional footballer who played as a defender. He played international football for both France and Algeria.

Career

Born in Algiers, French Algeria, ^[8] Zitouni began his career with OM Saint-Eugène. ^{[2] [3] [4]} He then played in France for Cannes, Monaco and Chartres. ^[9] While in France he represented the French national side. ^[10] He was also part of France's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches. ^[11] He left his professional career in France in 1958 to represent the unofficial Algerian national side, which was then run by the National Liberation Front, a rebel group campaigning for Algerian independence. ^[12] While in Algeria he played football for RC Kouba. ^[9]

Later life

Zitouni returned to France, settling in Côte d'Azur and working for Air Algerie in Nice. ^[13]

He died on 5 January 2014, at the age of 85. ^{[14] [15]}

References

External links

• Mustapha Zitouni at WorldFootball.net
• Mustapha Zitouni at National-Football-Teams.com
• Mustapha Zitouni at EU-Football.info
• Mustapha Zitouni at L'Équipe (in French)
• Mustapha Zitouni at Olympedia