Abdelhamid Salhi ( ar, عبد الحميد صالحي; born 27 August 1947) is an Algerian former football midfielder.

Club career

Born in Sétif, Salhi began playing football in local side

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's youth system. At age 17, he joined the club's senior side beginning a twelve season career in the Algerian Championnat National. Salhi helped ES Sétif win the 1966–67 Algerian Cup before starring as the club won a historic league and cup double during the following season. He was never disciplined during his entire competitive career, appearing in over 1,000 matches without receiving a yellow or red card. In 2007, Salhi was honored for fair play during his career by the

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International career

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's new manager

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selected Salhi for the first time at age 19. Salhi would make his debut in a

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qualifier against Upper Volta in 1967. He appeared four times as Algeria qualified for the finals, but missed out on the finals through injury. In total, Salhi appeared in more than 30 internationals during his career.

Honours

Club

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* Algerian Championnat National (1): 1967–68 * Algerian Cup (2): 1966–67, 1967–68

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salhi, Abdelhamid 1947 births Living people Algerian men's footballers Algeria men's international footballers ES Sétif players Men's association football midfielders