Lakhdar Belloumi

Lakhdar Belloumi
	Belloumi in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	29 December 1958
Place of birth	Mascara, Algeria
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1973–1974	OS Mascara
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1976	OS Mascara
1976–1977	SKAF El-Khemis
1977–1978	GCB Mascara
1978–1979	MP Oran
1979–1981	MP Alger
1981–1987	GCR Mascara
1987–1988	Mouloudia d'Oran
1988	Al-Arabi SC
1989–1990	M. Oran / MC Oran
1990–1991	GC Mascara
1991–1992	USM Bel Abbès
1992–1993	GC Mascara
1993–1994	MC Oran
1994–1996	GC Mascara
1996	MC Oran
1997	GC Mascara
1997–1998	ASM Oran
1998–1999	GC Mascara
Total
International career
1974–1977	Algeria U17
1977–1978	Algeria U20
1979–1980	Algeria military
1978–1989	Algeria
1989	Algeria futsal
Managerial career
2001–2002	MC Oran
2002–2003	USM Bel-Abbès
2003	Al Tadamun SC
2004–2005	Algeria
2005–2006	GC Mascara
2011	Algeria (beach soccer)
2015	Algeria (beach soccer)
Medal record
Player
MC Oran
GC Mascara
Algeria
Manager
MC Oran
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lakhdar Belloumi (Arabic: لخضر بلومي; born on 29 December 1958) is an Algerian former football player and manager. A former attacking midfielder, he is widely considered the best Algerian player of all time and one of the best players in Africa. He is said to have invented the "Blind Pass". He was named the fourth-best African player of the century by IFFHS. He holds the record as the most capped Algerian player with 100 national caps (147 caps not recognized by FIFA) and is also the third best goalscorer of the Algerian national team in all time with 28 goals (34 goals not recognized by FIFA).

Belloumi's goal against reigning European champions West Germany earned Algeria a stunning 2–1 victory in their World Cup debut in Spain '82.

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