Abdellah Blinda

Abdellah El-Ajri, "Blinda"[1] (Arabic: عبد الله بليندة‎; September 25, 1951 – March 17, 2010) was a Moroccan football player and manager and a handball player.

Abdellah Blinda
Personal information
Full name Abdellah El-Ajri
Date of birth (1951-09-25)September 25, 1951
Place of birth Morocco
Date of death March 17, 2010(2010-03-17) (aged 58)
Place of death Rabat, Morocco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1973 FUS Rabat
National team
–1973 Morocco 6 (?)
Teams managed
– FUS Rabat
– Raja Casablanca
1981 Morocco U20
1990 Morocco
1993–1994 Morocco
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Abdellah Blinda was firstly a handball player before he started playing football. He played for the Morocco national football team,[2] making six appearances,[3] and the Morocco men's national handball team at the same time.[4]

As a football Player, he was illustrated with FUS Rabat especially when he scored two goals in the final of 1973 Moroccan Throne Cup against Ittihad Khemisset (3-2).[4]

As a manager, Blinda managed several clubs in Morocco and abroad like Raja Casablanca, FUS Rabat and Baniyas SC. He also managed the Morocco national under-20 football team,[3] senior Morocco national football team in 1994 FIFA World Cup[5] and the Morocco local national team in 2008.[4]

On March 17, 2010, El-Ajri died in the morning after suffering a heart attack in Rabat. He was age 59.[4][6]

References
  1. Jones, Grahame L. (June 12, 1994). "World Cup USA '94/Group F Preview: Morocco at a Glance". Los Angeles Times.
  2. Courtney, Barrie (July 14, 2003). "Morocco - Details of World Cup Matches". RSSSF.
  3. Graves, Gary (June 15, 1994). "Blinda nabs home-grown talent from Europe". Orlando Sentinel.
  4. Hassouni, Ali (March 17, 2010). "Abdellah Blinda n'est plus" (in French). Le Matin.
  5. Mubarak, Hassanin (January 24, 2006). "Morocco National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
  6. Abdallah Blinda is no more Archived December 22, 2014, at Archive.today


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