Amokrane «Da Mokrane» Oualiken (6 April 1933 – 22 June 2010) was an Algerian

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player and manager. He played as a

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Club career

Oualiken was born in

Ben Aknoun Ben Aknoun ( ar, بن عكنون) is a commune of Algiers Province and a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. As of the 2008 census, the commune's population was 18,838. The Ministry of Finance has its head office in the ''Immeub ...

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

, Algeria, on 6 April 1933. He played for French club

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where he became three-time Division 1 runner-up and reached the final of the

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. After Algeria's independence in 1962, he played for

MC Alger Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home sta ...

and

USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its co ...

. Oualiken died on 22 June 2010 in Ben Aknoun, Algiers, following a long illness.

International career

In 1960, Oualiken became a member of the Algerian FLN team.

Coaching career

Following his retirement from playing he started his coaching career with

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. He helped the amateur club win the 1981–82 Algerian Cup and promote to the Championnat National 1, the Algerian first tier, in 1985. He later coached the Burkina Faso national team. Oualiken was also coach of the football section of the Algerian Gendarmerie from 1969 to 1977. In 1977, he became the Technical Director of now defunct club

, helping the team climb from the amateur divisions up to the top flight and win the

Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup ( ar, كأس الجزائر) also known the Republic Cup ( ar, كأس الجمهورية), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after in ...

in 1982.

Honours

As a player

Nîmes * Division 1 runner-up: 1958, 1959, 1960 *

runner-up: 1958 *

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runner-up: 1958 SO Montpellier * Division 2: 1961 USM Alger *

Algerian Championnat National The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 ( ar, الرابطة الجزائرية المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم); known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat Natio ...

: 1963

As a coach

DNC Alger *

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* Promotion to Championnat National 1: 1985

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