Souilem Gnaoui (January 13, 1914 – November 5, 2008) nicknamed La Perle Noire (The black Pearl) was an Algerian footballer who spent most of his career with

USM Oran Union Sportive Madinet d'Oran ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة وهران), known as USM Oran or simply USMO for short, is an Algerian football club based in Oran. The club was founded in 1926 and its colours are black and white. ...

and also the in French championship.

Honours

Clubs

USM Oran * Oran League: 1933 *

North African Championship The North African Championship was a football competition involving the territories of French Algeria, French protectorate of Morocco and French protectorate of Tunisia. It was played between the champions of the Tunisian, the Moroccan footba ...

: runner-up 1933, 1935 Red Star Olympique *

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

: 1938–39

References

1914 births 2008 deaths Men's association football midfielders Algerian men's footballers Footballers from Oran Ligue 1 players USM Oran players Olympique de Marseille players OGC Nice players Red Star F.C. players MC Oran managers Algerian football managers SC Fives players 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-sport-bio-stub