Mustapha Zitouni

Mustapha Zitouni
Personal information
Date of birth (1928-10-19)19 October 1928
Place of birth Algiers, French Algeria
Date of death 5 January 2014(2014-01-05) (aged 85)
Place of death Nice, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1953 OM Saint-Eugène[2][3][4]
1953–1954 Cannes 38 (4)
1954–1958 Monaco 136 (2)
1962–1963 Chartres
1964–1967[5] RC Kouba
Total 174 (6)
International career
1957–1958 France 4 (0)
1958–1962 Algeria FLN
1963–1965[6][7] Algeria 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mustapha Zitouni (Arabic: مصطفى زيتوني; 19 October 1928 – 5 January 2014) was a professional footballer who played as a defender. He played international football for both France and Algeria.

Career

Born in Algiers, French Algeria,[8] Zitouni began his career with OM Saint-Eugène.[2][3][4] He then played in France for Cannes, Monaco and Chartres.[9] While in France he represented the French national side.[10] He was also part of France's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[11] He left his professional career in France in 1958 to represent the unofficial Algerian national side, which was then run by the National Liberation Front, a rebel group campaigning for Algerian independence.[12] While in Algeria he played football for RC Kouba.[9]

Later life

Zitouni returned to France, settling in Côte d'Azur and working for Air Algérie in Nice.[13]

He died on 5 January 2014, at the age of 85.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ "Profile player" (in French). L'Equipe.
  2. ^ a b "Disparition de Mustapha Zitouni, ex-pilier de l'équipe de football du FLN" (in French). France 24. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Mustapha Zitouni, l'ancien entraîneur de l'équipe du FLN, n'est plus" (in French). Le Matin d'Algérie. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Emouvant jubilé en hommage à Mustapha Zitouni à Alger" (in French). AllAfrica. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Profile player" (in French). FFF. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Historique des Confrontations : Algérie - Bulgarie (Zitouni goal)" (in French). dzfootball.
  7. ^ "Un jubilé pour Mustapha Zitouni (Zitouni caps)" (in French). dzfoot. 26 May 2009.
  8. ^ "Profile" (in French). FFF. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Mustapha Zitouni". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Mustapha Zitouni - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
  11. ^ "Mustapha Zitouni". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  12. ^ James Copnall (21 April 2008). "Algeria pacesetters". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
  13. ^ Xavier Breuil (24 January 2014). "Mustapha Zitouni – Bridging a cultural divide" (PDF). 14. The FIFA Weekly: 29–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. ^ "Football: L'ancien joueur de l'équipe du FLN, Mustapha Zitouni, n'est plus - A la une". El Watan. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  15. ^ "Algerian Mustapha Zitouni dies, aged 85". BBC Sport. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.