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Habib Benmimoun

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Habib Benmimoun
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-04-11)11 April 1957
Place of birth Oran, French Algeria
Date of death 29 March 2024(2024-03-29) (aged 66)
Place of death Oran, Algeria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward, centre-back
Youth career
MC Oran
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1988 MC Oran
1988–1989 USM Bel Abbès
1989–1994 MC Oran
International career
1987 Algeria 1 (0)
Managerial career
1995–1997 MC Oran
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Habib Benmimoun (Arabic: الحبيب بن ميمون; 11 April 1957 – 29 March 2024) was an Algerian football player and head coach who played as a forward and centre-back, notably for MC Oran.

Career

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An MC Oran youth product, Benmimoun spent most of his career with the club, from 1977 to 1988 and from 1989 to 1994.[1] In the 1988–89 season he played for USM Bel Abbès.[1] With MC Oran he won the 1987–88 Algerian Championnat National and the Algerian Cup in 1983–84 and 1984–85.[1] Having begun his career as a centre-back, he was later converted to a forward.[1]

He made one FIFA-official appearance for the Algeria national team, in a 0–0 draw against Tunisia on 11 December 1987, as part of the 1988 Arab Cup qualification.[2][3]

Benmimoun was manager of MC Oran between 1995 and 1997.[3]

Death

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Benmimoun died on 29 March 2024 in Oran, at the age of 66.[4]

Honours

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MC Oran

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Football : Décès de l'ancien international du MC Oran Habib Benmimoun" [Football: Death of former MC Oran international Habib Benmimoun]. Le Soir d'Algérie (in French). 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Habib Benmimoun, tel père tel fils". calameo.com. 2 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b D, Salim (29 March 2024). "Carnet : Décès de l'ex-international Habib Benmimoun" [Notebook: Death of ex-international Habib Benmimoun]. DZ Foot (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ "وفاة اللاعب الدولي السّابق "الحبيب بن ميمون"". Echorouk Online. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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