Abdelhamid Sadmi (born January 1, 1961) is an Algerian international

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defender who played for

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in the

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, as well as the

1984 African Cup of Nations The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Ivory Coast. Just like in 1982, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Cameroo ...

and the

1986 African Cup of Nations The 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, a football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Egypt won its third ...

. At the club level, he spent his entire senior career with

JS Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (in ar, شبيبة القبائل), (Kabyle language, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqbayel, Berber languages, In Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⴻⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ), known as JS Kabyli ...

with whom he won the

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twice in

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and

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Club career

Born in

Azazga Azazga, or ‘Azazqah (), is a town in the Tizi Ouzou Province in northern Algeria. It is the third largest Kabyle city, after Béjaïa and Tizi Ouzou. It is the district seat of the so-named Daïra. The population in 2008 was 34,683. History Az ...

, Sadmi started playing football for his home town club of JS Azazga. There he was spotted by a

scout who brought him to the club. In the 1978–1979 season, at just 17 years of age, he was handed his first team debut by coach Mahieddine Khalef.

International career

On March 11, 1984, Sadmi made his debut for the Algeria National Team in the final group game of the

against

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, coming on as a substitute at half-time. Three days later, he went on to make his first start in the following game against

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in the semi-final, with Algeria losing 5-4 in the penalty shoot-out. In total, he made 27 appearances for Algeria.

Honours

** Winner:

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 ...

** Winner: 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990 *

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 ...

** Winner: 1986, 1992 *

Algerian Super Cup The Algerian Super Cup ( ar, كأس الجزائر الممتازة), is an Algerian football competition, held as a game between the reigning champions of the Algerian League and the Algerian Cup. The first edition was held in 1973 and then agai ...

** Winner: 1992

References

External links

FIFA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadmi, Abdelhamid 1961 births 1984 African Cup of Nations players 1986 African Cup of Nations players 1986 FIFA World Cup players People from Azazga Algerian footballers Algeria international footballers Association football defenders JS Kabylie players Living people Kabyle people 21st-century Algerian people