Abderrahman Mahjoub

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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 . He later coached the Moroccan national team , among other things .

Club career

The left wing runner began his career with the US Marocaine Casablanca and moved, like many players before and after him (e.g. Mario Zatelli and Just Fontaine ), from the French-dominated North Africa to the French professional league . In 1951, the Racing Club Paris secured the services of the “tall, slim, feline” player who “with his incomparable technique and confusing dribbling was one of the most spectacular French footballers” of all time and “ could have become a Ben Barek if he had possessed a little more self-confidence and cheek ". Mahjoub was not only a preparer, but also a dangerous goal. The capital club fought at this time against relegation, which he could no longer avoid in 1953.

Abderrahman Mahjoub then moved to OGC Nice , where he and the right runner Cuissard fed the strikers “Justo” Fontaine, Ujlaki and Nurenberg with crosses and assists. In Division 1 it only reached 8th place, but in the cup the OGC fought through to the final and won it 2-1 against Olympique Marseille . In this season 1953/54 Mahjoub was also a national player (see below) .

Nevertheless, he returned to Racing Paris that summer - and this time he stayed there for six years. He could not win another national title during this time, but the club ended every season on a single-digit table position; In 1959 and 1960 he was most successful with a third place each. From 1958 (and then again in 1963/64) Mahjoub played there again with Joseph Ujlaki, his former teammate at Nice, in a team. In 1960, the second division SO Montpellier lured the Moroccan to the south of France, and his share of league championship and promotion was considerable. There followed two more seasons in Languedoc , which the team finished in 1962 with a good midfield ranking, but in 1963 only as penultimate. The outside runner did not want to play in Division 2 again and therefore went to Racing Paris for the third time. When the RCP also had to relegate in 1964 - albeit third from last in the Barrages  - Mahjoub ended his professional career in France and played for Wydad AC Casablanca for four more years .

Stations

  • until 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 player

From December 1953 to October 1955 Abderrahman Mahjoub played 7 full internationals for France . His debut at 8-0 over Luxembourg came just in time, so that he was nominated for the 22-man squad for the Bleus at the 1954 World Cup finals . In Switzerland he was used in the preliminary round win against Mexico , but could not prevent the early elimination of the Équipe tricolore . After this World Cup, Mahjoub was particularly convincing in France's away wins against world champions Germany (1954, 3-1 in Hanover ), Spain (1955, 2-1 in Madrid ) and Switzerland (1955, 2-1 in Basel ). Since he was lacking performance consistency in this circle, the new national coach Albert Batteux soon replaced him regularly with Jean-Jacques Marcel .

Palmarès as a player

  • French champion : Nothing
  • French cup winner : 1954
  • 7 full international matches for France, including 3 during his time in Nice and 4 with Paris; World Cup participant 1954
  • 246 games and 57 goals in Division 1 , of which 153/32 for Paris, 30/3 for Nice, 63/22 for Montpellier

Trainer

From 1968 Mahjoub worked in Morocco as a trainer ; from 1964 to 1967 (together with Mohamed Massoun ) and again in 1971 he was in charge of the national team there. He later opened a restaurant ("Rick's Café") in Casablanca.

Familiar

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

literature

  • Denis Chaumier: Les Bleus. Tous les joueurs de l'équipe de France de 1904 à nos jours. Larousse, o. O. 2004 ISBN 2-03-505420-6

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1502674.html
  2. ↑ a b Chaumier, p. 203
  3. ↑ L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: Coupe de France. La folle épopée. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2007 ISBN 978-2-915-53562-4 , p. 370
  4. ↑ L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: La belle histoire. L'équipe de France de football. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2004 ISBN 2-951-96053-0 , pp. 84-86 and 315/316; There on p. 86 also a photo of the Spanish game where Raymond Kopa serves Mahjoub.
  5. ↑ Numbers from Stéphane Boisson / Raoul Vian: Il était une fois le Championnat de France de Football. Tous les joueurs de la première division de 1948/49 à 2003/04. Neofoot, Saint-Thibault o. J.
personal data
SURNAME Mahjoub, Abderrahman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Belmahjoub, Abderrahmane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Moroccan-French soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Casablanca
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 2011
Place of death Casablanca