Mohammed Ali Akid
Mohammed Ali Akid ( Arabic محمد علي عقيد, DMG Muḥammad ʿAlī ʿAqīd ; * July 5, 1949 in Sfax ; † April 11, 1979 in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia ) was a Tunisian football player .
Career
The center forward was under contract during his career at Club CS Sfax , with whom he won several Tunisian championships. For the Tunisian national team he scored 14 goals. He also took part in the Football World Cup in Argentina in 1978 , where he and his team were eliminated in the preliminary round.
After his untimely death, a street in Tunis was named in his honor. The circumstances surrounding his death are controversial. After it was officially announced in 1979 that Akid died from a lightning strike during a training session, two cartridges were found during the autopsy of his body in 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mort de Mohamed Ali Akid ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on January 10, 2013 (French)
- ^ Tunisie - Deux cartouches retrouvées dans le corps de Mohamed Ali Akid , accessed on January 10, 2013 (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Akid, Mohammed Ali |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tunisian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sfax |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 1979 |
| Place of death | Riyadh , Saudi Arabia |