Full name Abdellah El-Ajri Name Abdellah Blinda Years Team | Place of death Rabat, Morocco Place of birth Morocco Role Football player | |
Date of birth (1951-09-25)September 25, 1951 Date of death March 17, 2010(2010-03-17) (aged 58) Died March 17, 2010, Rabat, Morocco | ||
Abdellah El-Ajri, "Blinda" (Arabic: عبد الله بليندة; September 25, 1951 – March 17, 2010) was a Moroccan football player and manager and a handball player.
Career
Abdellah Blinda was firstly a handball player before he started playing football. He played for the Morocco national football team, making six appearances, and the Morocco national handball team at the same time.
As a football Player, he was illustrated with FUS Rabat especially when he scored two goals in the final of 1973 Moroccan Throne Cup against Ittihad Khemisset (3-2).
As a manager, Blinda managed several clubs in Morocco and abroad like Raja Casablanca, FUS Rabat and Baniyas SC. He also managed the Morocco national under-20 football team, senior Morocco national football team in 1994 FIFA World Cup and the Morocco local national team in 2008.
On March 17, 2010, El-Ajri died in the morning after suffering a heart attack in Rabat. He was age 59.