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Full name
  
Amar Rouai

Playing position
  
Midfielder

1947–1952
  
MC El Eulma

Role
  
Football player

Position
  
Midfielder

Place of birth
  
Setif, Algeria

Years
  
Team

Name
  
Amar Rouai

Height
  
1.70 m

Date of birth
  
(1932-03-03) March 3, 1932 (age 83)

Amar Rouai (born March 3, 1932 in Setif) is a former Algerian international football player and manager. From 1958 to 1962, he was a member of the FLN football team.

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Club career

Rouai began his career with MC El Eulma, making his debut with the senior team while aged 15. After five years with MC El Eulma, he moved to France to embark on a professional career. After two seasons with US Annemasse, he signed his first professional contract with Besancon. In 1957, he joined Ligue 1 side Angers, making 27 appearances and scoring 7 goals. However, at the end of the season, he secretly left the team to join the FLN football team. In 1962, after Algeria gained its independence, Rouai returned to Angers. He made 15 more appearances for the club, scoring 1 goal, before buying out his contract.

International career

In 1958, Rouai secretly left Angers to go to Tunisia and join the FLN football team in support of the Algerian independence movement. He spent the next four years traveling and playing with the team. After Algeria gained its independence, he was called up twice to the Algeria national football team. The first, in 1962, was a friendly against French club Nimes. In the second, on July 4, 1963, he made his official debut in a friendly against Egypt.

References

Amar Rouai Wikipedia