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Mokhtar Arribi
Personal information
Date of birth (1924-02-24) 24 February 1924 (age 100)
Place of birth Sétif, Algeria
Date of death 4 September 1989(1989-09-04) (aged 65)
Place of death Sétif, Algeria
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1944 USM Sétif
1944–1946 MC Alger
1946–1951 FC Sète 34
1951–1952 AS Cannes 22 (1)
1952–1954 FC Sète 34 52 (0)
1954–1955 RC Lens 10 (0)
1955–1957 CS Hammam-Lif
1957–1958 AC Avignonnais
International career
1958–1961 FLN
Managerial career
1955–1957 CS Hammam-Lif
1957–1958 AC Avignonnais
1958–1961 FLN
1961–1964 ES Sétif
1964–1965 CS Sfaxien
1965–1969 ES Sétif
1969–1970 Libya
1979–1981 ES Sétif
1983–1984 ES Sétif
1985 Algeria
1986–1989 ES Sétif
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mokhtar Arribi (Arabic: مختار عريبي; 24 February 1924 - 4 September 1989) was an Algerian football manager and former footballer.

Playing career

Arribi started his playing career with Algerian side USM Sétif. Following his stint there, he signed for Algerian side MC Alger in 1944. Two years later, he signed for French Ligue 1 side FC Sète 34. Five years later, he signed for French side AS Cannes, before returning to FrenchLigue 1 side FC Sète 34 in 1952. Subsequently, he spent the last four years of his playing career as player-manager of French Ligue 1 side RC Lens, then Tunisian side CS Hammam-Lif, and lastly French side AC Avignonnais.

Managerial career

In 1961, he was appointed manager of Algerian side ES Sétif. Three years later, he was appointed manager of Tunisian side CS Sfaxien. One year later, he returned as manager of Algerian side ES Sétif, helping the club win the league title and the 1967–68 Algerian Cup. Next, he was appointed manager of the Libya national football team in 1969. One decade later, he returned as manager of Algerian side ES Sétif for the third time, helping the club win the 1979–80 Algerian Cup. After managing the Algeria national football team in 1985, he returned as manager of Algerian side ES Sétif for the fifth and final time, helping the club win the league title and the 1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs. Decades after his death in 1989, Algerian newspaper El Khabar wrote in 2016 that he was "considered one of the most prominent sports figures of the century that Algeria has produced" and Algerian newspaper La Nouvelle République wrote in 2022 that he was "one of the legendary figures of Algerian football and the Sétif region".

References

  1. "35 ans après son décès : Le regretté Mokhtar Arribi oublié par les siens" (in French). El Watan. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  2. "المرحوم مختــار لعريبي.. "الجنتل مان" الذي تزوج معشوقة الجماهير" (in Arabic). El Khabar. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  3. "L'imagination dans la tête et les pieds" [Imagination in the head and feet] (in French). La Nouvelle République. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
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