Abdelhamid Sadmi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abdelhamid Sadmi | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Azazga, Algeria | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
JS Azazga | |||
JS Kabylie | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1994 | JS Kabylie | ||
International career | |||
1984–1987 | Algeria | 27 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Abdelhamid Sadmi (born 1 January 1961) is an Algerian former footballer who played as a defender for the Algeria national team, including at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and the 1984 and the 1986 African Cup of Nations.[1] At the club level, he spent his entire senior career with JS Kabylie with whom he won the African Cup of Champions Clubs twice, in 1981 and 1990.
Club career
[edit]Born in Azazga, Sadmi started playing football for his home town club of JS Azazga. There he was spotted by a JS Kabylie scout who brought him to the club. In the 1978–1979 season, at just 17 years of age, he was handed his first team debut by coach Mahieddine Khalef.[2]
International career
[edit]On 11 March 1984 Sadmi made his debut for the Algeria National Team in the final group game of the 1984 African Cup of Nations against Nigeria, coming on as a substitute at half-time.[3] Three days later, he went on to make his first start in the following game against Cameroon in the semi-final, with Algeria losing 5–4 in the penalty shoot-out.[4]
In total, he made 27 appearances for Algeria.[5]
Honours
[edit]JS Kabylie
- African Cup of Champions Clubs
- African Super Cup
- Winner: 1982
- Algerian Championnat National
- Winner: 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990
- Algerian Cup
- Winner: 1986, 1992, 1994
- Algerian Super Cup
- Winner: 1992
References
[edit]- ^ 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Seule la JSK peut réunir tous les Kabyles" (in French). La Dépêche de Kabylie. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "Algérie 0-0 Nigéria". DZFoot. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "Cameroun 0-0 (5-4 TAB) Algérie". DZFoot. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "E.N d'Algérie de Football - Les statistiques de Sadmi Abdelhamid عبد الحميد صادمي" (in French). DZFootball.free.fr. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.