| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1944-01-17)17 January 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mechra Bel Ksiri, French protectorate in Morocco | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 December 2024(2024-12-10) (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Algiers, Algeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1961 | KAC Kenitra | ||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1967 | IZ Khemisset | ||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1970 | JS Kabylie | ||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 | NA Hussein Dey | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1974 | JS Kabylie | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1990 | JS Kabylie | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1984 | Algeria | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Al Ain FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | IR Tanger | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1997 | MC Oujda | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | ES Sahel | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | JS Kabylie | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Mahieddine Khalef (Arabic: محيي الدين خالف; 17 January 1944 – 10 December 2024) was an Algerian football player and manager. Most notably he was the co-manager of the Algeria national team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, together with Rachid Mekloufi, where Les Fennecs caused a sensation by defeating European reigning champions West Germany in their first World Cup appearance. Despite this achievement, Algeria went on to be eliminated at the end of the group stage, thanks to a convenient result for both West Germany and Austria in their fixture, in what is known as the Disgrace of Gijón. Austrian player Reinhold Hintermaier later admitted that that match was fixed. Khalef died in Algiers on 10 December 2024, at the age of 80.
References
- "L'Effectif de la Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie". www.jskonline.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- FIFA.com. "World Cup Highlights: Germany - Algeria, Spain 1982". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- Doyle, Paul (12 June 2010). "The day in 1982 when the world wept for Algeria". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- Münchrath, Manfred (5 June 2022). ""Schande von Gijon": Lasst uns das nach Hause schaukeln" ["Disgrace of Gijón": Let's Drive This Home]. kicker (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- "وفاة المدرب الوطني الأسبق محي الدين خالف". elbilad.net. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
External links
- Mahieddine Khalef at WorldFootball.net
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- 1944 births
- 2024 deaths
- People from Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
- Algerian men's footballers
- Kénitra AC players
- IZ Khemisset players
- JS Kabylie players
- NA Hussein Dey players
- Algerian football managers
- 1982 FIFA World Cup managers
- JS Kabylie managers
- Algeria national football team managers
- Al Ain FC managers
- IR Tanger managers
- MC Oujda managers
- Étoile Sportive du Sahel managers
- Algerian expatriate football managers
- Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
- Expatriate football managers in Morocco
- 1980 African Cup of Nations managers
- 1982 African Cup of Nations managers
- 1984 African Cup of Nations managers
- 21st-century Algerian sportsmen
- 20th-century Algerian sportsmen