Tarek Lazizi

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Tarek "Baresi" Lazizi (born June 8, 1971 in El Biar (Alger), Algeria) is a retired Algerian football player who played as a central defender. He was nicknamed «Baresi» after Italian defender Franco Baresi and is mostly remembered for his career-ending tackle on USM Alger forward Azzedine Rahim.^[1]

Contents 1 Club Career 2 International Career 3 Honours 4 References

[edit] Club Career

• 1981-1982 JS El Biar (Juniors)
• 1982-1987 MC Alger (Juniors)
• 1987-1996 MC Alger
• 1996-1998 Stade Tunisien
• 1998-1999 Gençlerbirliği
• 1999-2002 MC Alger
• 2002-2003 Atlantis FC
• 2003-2005 MB Bouira

[edit] International Career

Lazizi was capped at all levels by Algeria. He received his first call-up to the senior national team in 1989 for a mini-tournament in Cameroon in preparation for the 1990 African Cup of Nations. He scored 2 goals for the national team, the first in the 1st leg match of the 1991 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations match against Iran, the second in the quarter-finals of the 1996 African Cup of Nations against South Africa.

[edit] Honours

Country:

• Won the African Cup of Nations in 1990
• Won the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations in 1991
• Has 35 caps and 2 goals for the Algerian National Team
• Participated in 3 editions of the African Cup of Nations: 1990, 1992 and 1996

Club:

• Won the Algerian league once with MC Alger in 1999

Personal:

• Chosen as the Best Foreign Player in the Tunisian League in the 1996/1997 season

[edit] References