Salah Assad ( ar, صالح عصاد; born 10 June 1958, in

Larbaâ Nath Irathen Larbaâ Nath Irathen ( Kabyle: Larebɛa n at Yiraten, or in Tifinagh, Arabic: الأربعاء ناث اراتين) is a town in Tizi Ouzou Province, in the central part of northern Algeria. It was formerly known as Fort National. The population ...

) is a former

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n football striker and manager. He played for

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, where he won an Algerian championship in 1981, and in France for

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For

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, he participated at the

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Syst ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...

, and

1986 African Cup of Nations The 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, a football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Egypt won its third ...

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, and at two edition of

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and

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, scored two goals. Assad currently holds the record with

Islam Slimani Islam Slimani ( ar, إسلام سليماني; born 18 June 1988) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Brest and the Algeria national team. Slimani began his career in his homeland with JSM Chéraga and CR B ...

of most scored goals at the World Cup for Algeria, which were both scored in the 1982 World Cup. Slimani in 2014.

Biography

Salah Assad started playing young with

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and after with

. In 1975, he played with the senior team until 1982 and he won the Algerian championship in 1981.

Career statistics

International goals

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

Honours

Club

* Algerian League Champion in 1981 with

International

* Gold medal in the

1978 All-Africa Games The 3rd All-Africa Games – Algiers 1978 was a multi-sport event played from July 13, 1978, to July 28, 1978, in Algiers, Algeria. 45 countries from 49 independent African countries participated in twelve sports. At the closing ceremonies the ...

in Algiers * Bronze medal in the

1979 Mediterranean Games The 1979 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the VIII Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Split 1979, were the 8th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Split, Yugoslavia, from 15 to 29 September 1979, where 2,408 athletes (2,00 ...

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* 2nd in the final of the

1980 African Cup of Nations The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Nigeria. Just like in 1978, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won i ...

in Nigeria * Quarter final round in the

in Moscow * 2 participations in

in Spain &

in Mexico

Individual

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Team of the Tournament:

* Best left forward in

1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy, who defeated West Germany 3–1 i ...

* 2nd best African football player of the year in 1982

References

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* * 1958 births Living people People from Larbaâ Nath Irathen Kabyle people Algerian footballers Algeria international footballers Algerian expatriate footballers Association football forwards Algeria youth international footballers African Games gold medalists for Algeria African Games medalists in football Mediterranean Games medalists in football Competitors at the 1978 All-Africa Games RC Kouba players JSM Chéraga players FC Mulhouse players Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players Ligue 1 players Expatriate footballers in France Algerian expatriate sportspeople in France Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Algeria Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Olympic footballers of Algeria Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1986 FIFA World Cup players 1980 African Cup of Nations players 1982 African Cup of Nations players 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-footy-forward-stub