Habib Benmimoun | |
Birth Date: | 11 April 1957 |
Birth Place: | Oran, French Algeria |
Death Place: | Oran, Algeria |
Height: | 1.80 m |
Position: | Forward, centre-back |
Youthclubs1: | MC Oran |
Years1: | 1977–1988 |
Years2: | 1988–1989 |
Years3: | 1989–1994 |
Nationalyears1: | 1987 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1995–1997 |
Managerclubs1: | MC Oran |
Habib Benmimoun (Arabic: الحبيب بن ميمون; 11 April 1957 – 29 March 2024) was an Algerian football player and head coach who played as a forward and centre-back, notably for MC Oran.
An MC Oran youth product, Benmimoun spent most of his career with the club, from 1977 to 1988 and from 1989 to 1994.[1] In the 1988–89 season he played for USM Bel Abbès.[1] With MC Oran he won the 1987–88 Algerian Championnat National and the Algerian Cup in 1983–84 and 1984–85.[1] Having begun his career as a centre-back, he was later converted to a forward.[1]
He made one FIFA-official appearance for the Algeria national team, in a 0–0 draw against Tunisia on 11 December 1987, as part of the 1988 Arab Cup qualification.[2]
Benmimoun was manager of MC Oran between 1995 and 1997.[3]
Benmimoun died on 29 March 2024 in Oran, at the age of 66.[4]
MC Oran
1987–88;[1] runner-up 1984–85, 1986–87