Abdellah Medjadi Liegeon (born 13 December 1957) is a former

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who played as a

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for the Algeria national team. Born in Oran,

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, Liegeon spent his career in France, playing with

Besançon RC Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerl ...

AS Monaco Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly referred to as AS Monaco () or Monaco, is a professional football club based in Monaco that is member of French Football Federation (FFF) and competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of Frenc ...

and RC Strasbourg and was part of Algeria's team at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where his defensive mistake allowed

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Careca Antônio de Oliveira Filho (born 5 October 1960), better known as Careca (), is a Brazilian former footballer, who was deployed as a forward. During his career, Careca played for several clubs, most notably with Italian side Napoli. He also r ...

to score the only goal of the game in the two countries' first-round encounter.

Honours

Monaco *

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

: 1985 * Ligue 1: 1982

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Living people 1957 births Footballers from Oran Men's association football fullbacks Algerian men's footballers Algerian expatriate men's footballers Algeria men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco Racing Besançon players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players AS Monaco FC players RC Strasbourg Alsace players 1986 FIFA World Cup players Algerian expatriate sportspeople in France Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Monaco 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-footy-defender-stub