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Ahmed Oudjani

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Date of birth
  
19 March 1937

1958-1965
  
RC Lens

Playing position
  
Forward

1957-1958
  
US Vendome

Died
  
January 15, 1998


Years
  
Team

Role
  
Football player

Place of birth
  
Skikda, Algeria

Name
  
Ahmed Oudjani

Children
  
Cherif Oudjani

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Date of death
  
January 15, 1998(1998-01-15) (aged 60)

Ahmed Oudjani (March 19, 1937 – January 15, 1998) was an Algerian football striker.

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Biography

Oudjani was a member of the legendary Algerian FLN team before the country gained its independence. He is also the all-time top scorer in RC Lens history, having scored 94 goals in 148 matches for the team, including 6 goals in one game against RC Paris in the 1963/1964 season. He scored 99 career goals in Ligue 1.

Ahmed is the father of former Algerian international Chérif Oudjani, who scored the winning goal in the final of the 1990 African Cup of Nations.

Ahmed's family is of Kabyle origin, and hails from the village of Sidi Aïch in Bejaïa.

Career

  • 1957-1958 US Vendôme  France
  • 1958-1965 RC Lens  France
  • 1965-1966 RC Paris  France
  • 1966-1967 CS Sedan  France
  • 1967-1968 SM Caen  France
  • 1968-1969 US Tébessa  Algeria
  • 1969-1971 JSM Béjaïa  Algeria
  • Honours

  • Won the Coupe Drago three times with RC Lens in 1959, 1960 and 1965
  • All-time top scorer in RC Lens history with 94 goals
  • 15 caps with the Algerian National Team
  • References

    Ahmed Oudjani Wikipedia