Mustapha Zitouni Explained

Mustapha Zitouni
Birth Date:19 October 1928
Birth Place:Algiers, French Algeria
Death Place:Nice, France
Height:1.75 m[1]
Position:Defender
Years1:1950–1953
Years2:1953–1954
Clubs2:Cannes
Caps2:38
Goals2:4
Years3:1954–1958
Clubs3:Monaco
Caps3:136
Goals3:2
Years4:1962–1963
Clubs4:Chartres
Years5:1964–1967[2]
Clubs5:RC Kouba
Totalcaps:174
Totalgoals:6
Nationalyears1:1957–1958
Nationalteam1:France
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1958–1962
Nationalteam2:Algeria FLN
Nationalyears3:1963–1965[3] [4]
Nationalteam3:Algeria
Nationalcaps3:12
Nationalgoals3:1

Mustapha Zitouni (ar|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,[5] Zitouni began his career with OM Saint-Eugène.[6] [7] [8] He then played in France for Cannes, Monaco and Chartres. While in France he represented the French national side.[9] He was also part of France's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[10] 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.[11] While in Algeria he played football for RC Kouba.

Later life

Zitouni returned to France, settling in Côte d'Azur and working for Air Algérie in Nice.[12]

He died on 5 January 2014, at the age of 85.[13] [14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile player. French. L'Equipe.
  2. Web site: Profile player. French. FFF. 15 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190715212054/https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/945-mustapha-zitouni. dead.
  3. Web site: Historique des Confrontations : Algérie - Bulgarie (Zitouni goal). French. dzfootball.
  4. Web site: Un jubilé pour Mustapha Zitouni (Zitouni caps). 26 May 2009 . French. dzfoot.
  5. Web site: Profile. 24 May 2017. French. FFF. 24 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175605/https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/945-mustapha-zitouni. dead.
  6. Web site: Disparition de Mustapha Zitouni, ex-pilier de l'équipe de football du FLN. 6 January 2014. 24 May 2017. French. France 24.
  7. Web site: Mustapha Zitouni, l'ancien entraîneur de l'équipe du FLN, n'est plus. 6 January 2014. 25 May 2017. French. Le Matin d'Algérie.
  8. Web site: Emouvant jubilé en hommage à Mustapha Zitouni à Alger. 27 May 2009. 25 May 2017. French. AllAfrica.
  9. Web site: Mustapha Zitouni - International Appearances. 21 April 2008. RSSSF.
  10. Web site: Mustapha Zitouni . Olympedia . 12 November 2021.
  11. News: Algeria pacesetters. 21 April 2008. 21 April 2008. James Copnall. BBC Sport.
  12. Mustapha Zitouni – Bridging a cultural divide. https://web.archive.org/web/20140224144235/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/af-magazine/fifaweekly/02/26/48/95/lowres_eng_woche04_2014_neutral.pdf. dead. 24 February 2014. 24 January 2014. 24 May 2017. Xavier Breuil. The FIFA Weekly. 14. 29–31.
  13. News: Football: L'ancien joueur de l'équipe du FLN, Mustapha Zitouni, n'est plus - A la une . El Watan . 2014-01-05.
  14. News: Algerian Mustapha Zitouni dies, aged 85. 6 January 2014. 7 January 2014. BBC Sport.

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