Amokrane Oualiken

Amokrane «Da Mokrane» Oualiken (6 April 1933 – 22 June 2010) was an Algerian football player and manager. He played as a right winger.

Amokrane Oualiken
Personal information
Date of birth (1933-04-06)6 April 1933
Place of birth Ben Aknoun, Algeria
Date of death 22 June 2010(2010-06-22) (aged 77)
Place of death Ben Aknoun, Algeria
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Right winger[1]
Youth career
1945–1950 ES Ben Aknoun[2]
1952–1951 MC Alger[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1952 MC Alger[2]
1952–1953 Corporative Hussein-Dey[2]
1953–1954 FSGT Seine-Saint-Denis[2]
1954–1955 Tours[1]
1955–1956 Châteauroux[1]
1956–1957 Vélo Sport Chartrain[1]
1957–1960 Nîmes[1]
1960–1961 SO Montpellier[1] 8 (2)
1962–1963 MC Alger[1]
1963–1967 USM Alger[2][1]
National team
Algeria
Teams managed
1967–1969 USM Alger[2]
1969–1970 ES Ben Aknoun[2]
1970–1971 Union Sportive des Hospitaliers d'Alger[2]
1971–1977 JS El Biar[2]
1989–1990 MC Alger[3]
1991–1992 Burkina Faso[3]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Oualiken was born in Ben Aknoun, Algiers, Algeria, on 6 April 1933.[4]

He played for French club Nîmes Olympique where he became three-time Division 1 runner-up and reached the final of the Coupe de France.[4]

After Algeria's independence in 1962, he played for MC Alger and USM Alger.[5]

Oualiken died on 22 June 2010 in Ben Aknoun, Algiers,[5] following a long illness.[4]

International career

In 1960, Oualiken became a member of the Algerian FLN team.[4]

Coaching career

Following his retirement from playing he started his coaching career with DNC Alger.[5] He helped the amateur club win the 1981–82 Algerian Cup and promote to the Championnat National 1, the Algerian first tier, in 1985.[4] He later coached the Burkina Faso national team.[5]

Oualiken was also coach of the football section of the Algerian Gendarmerie from 1969 to 1977. In 1977, he became the Technical Director of now defunct club DNC Alger, helping the team climb from the amateur divisions up to the top flight and win the Algerian Cup in 1982.

Honours

As a player

Nîmes Olympique

SO Montpellier

USM Alger

Algerian FLN national team

  • Member

Algerian national team

  • 5 caps

As a coach

DNC Alger

References
  1. Amokrane Oualiken at FootballDatabase.eu
  2. "OUALIKEN Amokrane "Da Mokrane"". sebbar.oldiblog.com (in French). Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. "Mokrane Oualiken n'est plus". Le Temps d'Algerie (in French). 23 June 2010. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. "Oualiken Amokrane n'est plus". Algérie 1 (in French). 23 June 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  5. "Mokrane Oualiken n'est plus". Liberté (in French). 24 June 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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