Full name Slimane Ould Mata Years Team Position Goalkeeper Number 9 Height 1.85 m | Playing position Role Football player Name Slimane Mata Current team Olympique de Medea | |
Date of birth (1975-09-08) September 8, 1975 (age 40) | ||
Place of birth Hussein Dey, Algeria | ||
Slimane Ould Mata (born 8 September 1975 in Hussein Dey, Algiers) is an Algerian professional football player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Algerian Ligue 2 club Olympique de Médéa and the Algerian national team.
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Olympique de Médéa
Ould Mata signed in the summer of 2010 for Olympique de Médéa from WA Boufarik.
International career
Ould Mata received his first call-up to the Algerian national team in April 2001 to take part in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Senegal. This was due to his good form for his club CR Belouizdad which did not go unnoticed by the national team coaches Hamid Zouba and Kermali. Ould Mata did not take part in the game as he remained on the bench, Algeria lost the game with the final score being 3-0.
On 4 May 2001, Ould Mata made his debut for Algeria in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Morocco, coming on as a substitute in the fifty-ninth minute for Hichem Mezaïr. He played well and did not concede any goals, but the game ended 2-1 to Morocco. Ould Matta had his first start against Angola in a 2002 African Cup of Nations qualifier playing throughout the game helping his side beat Angola 3-2. He was then selected again for the next qualifier game against Burkina Faso again playing throughout the game conceding a goal in the thirty-ninth minute. The game ended 1-0 to Burkina Faso. Ould-Matta has not been called up by Algeria since.