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Rachid Mekhloufi (Arabic: رشيد مخلوفي; born 12 August 1936 in Sétif, French Algeria) is a French-Algerian former football striker. He later became a manager and coached the Algeria national football team.

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Rachid Mekhloufi

Personal information
Full name	Rachid Mekhloufi
Date of birth	(1936-08-12) 12 August 1936 (age 86)
Place of birth	Sétif, French Algeria
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
19??–1954	USM Sétif
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1958	Saint-Étienne	102	(59)
1962–1963	Servette FC	19	(13)
1963–1968	Saint-Étienne	192	(78)
1968–1970	Bastia	67	(20)
Total		380	(170)
National team
1956–1957	France	4	(0)
1958–1962	FLN	40
1963–1969 [1]	Algeria	10	(5)
Teams managed
1969–1970	Bastia
1971–1972	Algeria
1975–1979	Algeria
1980–1981	Al-Riyadh[2]
1982	Algeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Saint-Étienne

Servette

Bastia

Clubs goals

UEFA competitions

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 September 1957	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland	Rangers	0–1[3]	3–1	1957–58 European Cup
2.	12 September 1962	Stade des Charmilles, Genève, Switzerland	Feyenoord	1–0[4]	1–3	1962–63 European Cup
3.	19 September 1962	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Feyenoord	0–1[5]	1–3	1962–63 European Cup
4.	19 September 1962	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Feyenoord	0–3[5]	1–3	1962–63 European Cup
5.	9 September 1964	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France	La Chaux-de-Fonds	1–0[6]	2–2	1964–65 European Cup

International career

International goals

National Team

Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 February 1963	19 Juin 1965, Oran	Czechoslovakia	4–0[7]	2–0	Friendly
1.	28 February 1963	19 Juin 1965, Oran	Czechoslovakia	4–0	3–0	Friendly
2.	5 July 1963	Stade d'El Anasser, Algiers	Egypt	1–1[8]	1–1	Friendly
3.	7 July 1963	19 Juin 1965, Oran	Egypt	2–2[9]	1–1	Friendly
6.	22 March 1963	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria	Egypt	2–2[10]	1–2	Friendly

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 July 2016[11][12]

Club	Season	League			Cup[lower-alpha 1]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Saint-Étienne	1954-55	Division 1	16	9	6	4	—		—		22	13
	1955-56		31	21	4	0	—		—		35	21
	1956-57		30	25	2	1	—		—		32	26
	1957-58		25	4	2	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	1	—		29	5
	Total		102	59	14	5	2	1	—		118	65
Servette	1962-63	Nationalliga A	19	13	0	0	3[lower-alpha 2]	2	—		22	15
	Total		19	13	0	0	3	2	—		22	15
Saint-Étienne	1963-64	Division 1	34	16	1	0	—		—		35	16
	1964-65		32	8	5	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	1	—		39	9
	1965-66		38	21	1	1	—		—		39	22
	1966-67		38	12	2	1	—		1[lower-alpha 3]	1	41	14
	1967-68		30	7	5	5	4[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		39	12
	Total		192	78	18	7	6	1	1	1	217	87
Bastia	1968-69	Division 1	33	13	1	0	—		—		34	13
	1969-70		34	7	9	2	—		—		43	9
	Total		67	20	10	2	—		—		77	22
Career Total			380	170	42	14	11	4	1	1	434	189

Honours

Clubs

Saint-Étienne

• French Division 1 (4): 1956–57, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68
• Coupe de France (1): 1968
• Trophée des Champions (2): 1957, 1967
• Coupe Charles Drago (2): 1955, 1958

National team

• Win the Military World Cup in 1957 with the French military team

Managerial

• Win the gold medal in the 1975 Mediterranean Games with Algeria
• Win the gold medal in the 1978 All-Africa Games with Algeria
• Participation in 1982 FIFA World Cup with Algeria

Personal

• Best goalscorer of AS Saint-Étienne with 192 goals
• Lebanese Premier League Best Coach: 1996–97[13]

Legacy

In the middle of the Algerian War, on 13 April 1958, ten of the most well-known France-Based professional football (soccer) players fled from France to go and play for their new FLN football team. This team was created from the National Liberation Front (Algeria). One of these 10 players was Rachid Mekhloufi. Rachid, "abandoned the French team preparing for the World Cup Finals in Sweden and instantly became an Algerian national symbol."[14] By the summer, more and more France-based Algerians came to join the original ten who fled. Rachid and his fellow teammates wanted to show the French people the serious war that was going on in Algeria. Many of them did not realize the extent of the war going on, and when ten high-caliber players left, the French citizens had to wonder and figure out the exact reason why-especially when a few of the footballers were preparing for the World Cup Finals. At the same time, both Rachid and his teammates gave a sense of nationalism to the Citizens of Algeria during their efforts in the War. Mekhloufi (and many others) sacrificed their careers by playing in less competitive environments with lesser demanding training regimes. Mekhloufi is quoted saying "I had lost the taste for effort, the necessary fight" when asked about playing political football.[14] The France-based footballers were a source of nationhood for Algerians, especially in times such as Algeria's 2-0 victory over West Germany in Algiers on 1 January 1964, when Mekhloufi and Mustapha Zitouni starred.

After the disbanding of the FLN in 1962, Mekhloufi returned to play in France for the Saint-Étienne football club. He was afraid that the crowd might react negatively to him, but when he got the ball for the first time, the public burst into cheers. In 1968, his team won the Coupe de France. The trophy was placed in his hands by the French president, General de Gaulle himself, with the words, "You are France." Later on Mekhloufi would come back to Algeria to manage and coach the Algeria National Football team.

References

External links

• Profile
• "Profile". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
• Short bio
• Another bio
• "Rachid Mekhloufi at pari-et-gagne.com". Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2011-08-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Rachid Mekhloufi at FootballDatabase.eu

На других языках

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- [en] Rachid Mekhloufi

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[fr] Rachid Mekhloufi

Rachid Mekhloufi (également orthographié Mekloufi), né le 12 août 1936 à Sétif (Algérie), est un footballeur français et algérien devenu entraîneur.

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[it] Rachid Mekhloufi

Rachid Mekhloufi (Sétif, 12 agosto 1936) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore francese naturalizzato algerino, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Меклуфи, Рашид

Рашид Меклуфи (араб. رشيد مخلوفي‎; фр. Rachid Mekhloufi; 12 августа 1936, Сетиф, Алжир) — бывший французский и алжирский футболист, выступавший на позиции полузащитника за сборную Алжира и Франции, а также за ряд клубов. По завершении игровой карьеры — футбольный тренер.

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