Abderrahman Ibrir (10 November 1919 – 18 February 1988) was an Algerian

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player and manager.

Playing career

Born in

Dellys Dellys ( ar, دلّس, Berber: Delles) is a small Mediterranean town in northern Algeria's coastal Boumerdès Province, almost due north of Tizi-Ouzou and just east of the Sebaou River. It is the district seat of the daïra of Dellys. The town ...

, Ibrir played club football in France for

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and

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. He also earned six caps for France national team the between 1949 and 1950, and later played for the FLN team between 1959 and 1960.

Coaching career

Ibrir managed the Algeria national team. He was also Algerian champion with

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in 1979.

Later life and death

He died by drowning, off the coast of

Sidi Fredj Sidi Fredj, known under French rule as Sidi Ferruch, is a coastal town in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is located within the territory of the municipality of Staouéli, on a presque-isle on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the site of the ancie ...

, in 1988.

References

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