Name Ali Benouna Place of death Algiers, Algeria Role Footballer | Years Team 1936–1937 Boulogne | |
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Date of birth (1912-07-23)23 July 1912 Date of death 6 November 1980(1980-11-06) (aged 68) Died November 6, 1980, Algiers, Algeria | ||
Place of birth Chlef, French Algeria | ||
Ali Benouna (born 23 July 1912 in Chlef, Algeria-died 6 November 1980 in Algiers, Algeria) was a former French-Algerian professional footballer.
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Career
Benouna was the first Algerian and North African to play in France, playing for FC Sète and Stade Rennais in the 1930s.
He was also the first Algerian and North African to play for the French National Team, making his debut on 9 February 1936, in a 3–0 friendly loss against Czechoslovakia.
Benouna would make his second and last appearance on 8 March 1936, in a 3–0 friendly win against Belgium.
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