Lakhdar Belloumi (Arabic: ???? ??????; born in 29 December 1958) is a former Algerian football player and manager.
He is widely considered as the best Algerian player of all time and one of the best players in Africa.
He is said to have invented the "Blind Pass".
He is awarded the 4th best African player of the century.
He holds the record as the most capped Algerian player with 100 national caps (147 caps not recognized by FIFA) and is also the third best goalscorer of the Algerian national team in all time with 27 goals (34 goals not recognized by FIFA).Belloumi's goal against reigning European champions West Germany earned Algeria a stunning 2–1 victory in their World Cup debut in Spain '82.
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