Souilem Gnaoui (January 13, 1914 – November 5, 2008), nicknamed La Perle Noire (The Black Pearl), was an Algerian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who spent most of his career with

USM Oran Union Sportive Madinet d'Oran (), 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. Their home stadium, Allal Toula Stadium, has a capacity o ...

and also the in French championship.

Honours

Clubs

USM Oran * Oran League: 1933 *

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: runner-up 1933, 1935 Red Star Olympique *

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

: 1938–39

References

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