Salah Assad

Salah Assad
Assad in 1986
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-03-13) 13 March 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Larbaâ Nath Irathen, Algeria
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1972–1974 JSM Chéraga
1974–1975 RC Kouba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1982 RC Kouba / RS Kouba
1982–1983 Mulhouse 26 (13)
1983–1984 → Paris Saint-Germain (loan) 11 (1)
1984–1986 Mulhouse 55 (15)
1986–1989 RS Kouba / R Kouba
1989 JSM Chéraga
International career
1977–1989 Algeria 68 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Salah Assad (Arabic: صالح عصاد; born 13 March 1958) is an Algerian football manager and former footballer who played as a forward.

Assad was born in Larbaâ Nath Irathen. He played for RC Kouba, where he won an Algerian championship in 1981, and in France for FC Mulhouse. For the Algeria national team, he participated at the 1980, 1982, and 1986 African Cup of Nations, 1980 Summer Olympics,[1] and at two edition of FIFA World Cup in 1982 and 1986, scored two goals.

Assad holds the record with Islam Slimani of most scored goals at the World Cup for Algeria, which were both scored in the 1982 World Cup. Slimani in 2014.[2]

Career[edit]

Assad started playing young with JSM Cheraga and after with RC Kouba. In 1975, he played with the senior team until 1982 and he won the Algerian championship in 1981.

Career statistics[edit]

Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Assad goal.
List of international goals scored by Salah Assad[3]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 July 1978 (1978-07-13) Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria  Egypt 1–1 1–1 1978 All-Africa Games
2 28 October 1978 (1978-10-28) Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia  Zambia 1–0 3–0 Friendly
3 29 September 1979 (1979-09-29) Stadion Poljud, Split, Yugoslavia  Greece 2–0 2–0 1979 Mediterranean Games
4 9 December 1979 (1979-12-09) Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca, Morocco  Morocco 5–1 5–1 1980 Summer Olympics qualification
5 21 December 1979 (1979-12-21) Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria  Morocco 3–0 3–0 1980 Summer Olympics qualification
6 19 March 1980 (1980-03-19) Liberty Stadium, Ibadan, Nigeria  Egypt 1–2 2–2 1980 African Cup of Nations
7 3 April 1981 (1981-04-03) 19 June Stadium, Oran, Algeria  Senegal 2–0 2–0 Friendly
8 30 August 1981 (1981-08-30) Stade du 19 Juin, Oran, Algeria  Upper Volta 7–0 7–0 1982 African Cup of Nations qualification
9 7 February 1982 (1982-02-07) Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia  Tunisia 1–0 1–0 Friendly
10 10 March 1982 (1982-03-10) March 28 Stadium, Benghazi, Libya  Nigeria 2–1 2–1 1982 African Cup of Nations
11 16 March 1982 (1982-03-16) 28 March Stadium, Benghazi, Tunisia  Ghana 2–1 2–3 1982 African Cup of Nations
12 28 April 1982 (1982-04-28) Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria  Republic of Ireland 1–0 2–0 Friendly
13 24 June 1982 (1982-06-24) Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo, Spain  Chile 1–0 3–2 1982 FIFA World Cup
14 2–0
15 13 November 1988 (1988-11-13) Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria  Mali 2–0 7–0 Friendly

Honours[edit]

RC Kouba

Algeria

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Salah Assad Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Algeria World Cup History - World Cup 2010 - ESPN Soccernet". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Salah Assad - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Sur les traces de Salah Assad". L'Alsace. Jean-Luc Nussbaumer. 26 April 2018.
  5. ^ "African Player of the Year 1982". RSSSF. José Luis Pierrend. 14 February 2000.

External links[edit]

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