Abdelmajid Dolmy (Arabic: عبد المجيد الظلمي; 20 August 1953 – 27 July 2017) was a Moroccan footballer who played as a midfielder. He was nicknamed "Maestro".[2]
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Full name | Abdelmajid Dolmy | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1953-08-20)20 August 1953 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | |||||||||||||||
Date of death | 27 July 2017(2017-07-27) (aged 64) | |||||||||||||||
Place of death | Casablanca, Morocco | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1970–1987 | Raja Casablanca | 550 | (32) | |||||||||||||
1987–1990 | CLAS Casablanca | 72 | (3) | |||||||||||||
1990–1991 | Raja Casablanca | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Total | 640 | (35) | ||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
1973–1988 | Morocco[1] | 76 | (2) | |||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dolmy played club football for Raja Casablanca in the Botola. He also played for the Morocco national football team at the 1984 Summer Olympics,[3] and in the 1986 FIFA World Cup finals.[4]
In 2006, Dolmy was selected by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[5]
Abdelmajid Dolmy was a midfielder. Despite his small physical appearance, he possessed the highest level of technical ability, as well as a surprising ability to manage and direct the game. He was also known for his ability to retrieve the ball and dribble more than one player at a time. For this reason, his fans nicknamed him the "Maestro" who, despite all the fame he had achieved, remained so modest and shy that he did not do any interviews throughout his career.[6]
The cause of his sudden death is still unclear, but according to media reports, Dolmy succumbed to a heart attack.
The news of his death spread quickly on social media with several thousands of Moroccans sharing it on their walls and expressing their sorrow for the death of one of the most cherished football players in the history of Morocco[7][8]
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