Omar Betrouni ( ar, عمر بطرونى; born 9 January 1949) is a former

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forward who 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 ...

Playing career

Born in

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, Betrouni played club football for

for more than a decade, winning the Algerian league championship five times and the Algerian cup three times. He also led the league in goal-scoring once and helped MC Alger win the 1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs. He joined

in 1980 and would finish his career with the club, winning the Algerian cup once more. Betrouni made 48 appearances for the senior

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, including four

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qualifying matches. He made his debut in an

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qualifying match against Morocco on 10 December 1970. He also helped Algeria win the

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title, scoring once in five matches. In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.

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