Ali Meçabih (; born 2 April 1972) is an Algerian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. He played as a striker.

History

Born in

Hammam Bou Hadjar Hammam Bou Hadjar () is a town in northwestern Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisi ...

, Ain Temouchent District, he was formed in US Hammam Bou Hadjar. He started playing in seniors with

CR Témouchent Chabab Riadhi Témouchent (), known as CR Témouchent or simply CRT for short, is an Algerian football club based in Aïn Témouchent. The club was founded in 1961 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Omar Oucief Stadium, has a ...

but he played most of his career with

MC Oran (), known as , commonly referred to as MC Oran for short, is an Algerian professional Association football, football club based in Oran. Founded on 1 January 1917, the club was known as Mouloudia Chaâbia Ouahrania from 1971 to 1977, Mouloudia P ...

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.''

Honours

Club

MC Oran *

Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup () also known the Republic Cup (), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart ...

: 1996 *

Algerian League Cup The Algerian League Cup () is an Algerian football competition organized by the Algerian Football Federation. It was established in 1991 and launched in January 1992. History The competition was established in the first edition in 1991-92 and wa ...

: 1996 *

Arab Cup Winners' Cup The Arab Cup Winners' Cup () was a football (soccer), football competition between the winning clubs of national cup competitions in Arab nations. It started in 1989 and merged with the Arab Club Champions Cup and Arab Super Cup in 2002 to form th ...

: 1997, 1998 *

Arab Super Cup The Arab Super Cup () was an Arab football (soccer), football competition, held between four teams (the winners and runners-up of both the Arab Champions Cup, Arab Club Champions Cup and the Arab Cup Winners' Cup) each year. History The Arab Supe ...

: 1999

International

* Has 28 caps (14 goals) for the Algerian National Team * Played twice in the

African Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is s ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

References

1972 births Living people People from Hammam Bou Hadjar Sportspeople from Aïn Témouchent Province Men's association football forwards Algerian men's footballers Algerian expatriate men's footballers Algeria men's international footballers CR Témouchent players ES Mostaganem players MC Oran players USM Alger players Ligue 2 players Grenoble Foot 38 players FC Martigues players 1996 African Cup of Nations players 2000 African Cup of Nations players CS Constantine players USM Blida players Expatriate men's footballers in France Algerian expatriate sportspeople in France 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-footy-forward-stub