Nacer Abdellah

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Nacer Abdellah
Personal information
Full name	Nacer Abdellah
Date of birth	March 3, 1966 (age 41)
Place of birth	Sidi Slimane, Morocco
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Retired
National team
	Morocco
* Appearances (Goals)

Nacer Abdellah (born March 3, 1966 in Sidi Slimane) is a retired Moroccan football player. Abdellah started his career in Belgium with KV Mechelen, and played most of his career for Belgian teams. He also made 24 appearances for the Morocco, and played at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the matches against Belgium and Saudi Arabia.

Just before the 1994 World Cup in the USA, a statement of Nacer Abdellah lead to controversy. Abdellah said that his former teammate at Cercle Brugge, the Belgian Josip Weber wouldn't score during the tournament.

[edit] Teams

Here's the list of all the teams Nacer Abdellah played for:

• KV Mechelen
• Bornem
• Lommel
• Cercle Brugge
• SV Waregem
• Aston Villa
• Celta de Vigo
• Den Bosch
• Telstar
• KAC Marrakech
• KV Mechelen

[edit] References

• Cerclemuseum.be (Dutch)

	Morocco squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup
1 Amzi | 2 Abdellah | 3 El Hadrioui | 4 El Khalej | 5 Triki | 6 Naybet | 7 Hadji | 8 Azzouzi | 9 Chaouch | 10 El Haddaoui | 11 Daoudi | 12 Dghay | 13 Bahja | 14 Masbahi | 15 Hababi | 16 Nader | 17 El Ghrissi | 18 Neqrouz | 19 Bouyboud | 20 Kachloul | 21 Samadi | 22 Alaoui | Coach: Blinda