Mohamed Akid

Mohamed Akid

Personal information
Date of birth	(1949-07-05)5 July 1949
Place of birth	Sfax, Tunisia
Date of death	11 April 1979(1979-04-11) (aged 29)
Place of death	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1967–1979	CS Sfaxien	307	(126)
National team
1970–1979	Tunisia	52	(15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mohamed Akid (5 July 1949^[1] – 11 April 1979) was a Tunisian football forward who played for Tunisia in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.^[2] He also played for CS Sfaxien. The official version was that Akid was struck by lightning during a training session at his Saudi Arabian club Al Nasr Riyadh on 11 April 1979.^[3]

The circumstances surrounding the death have fuelled a controversy between his surviving family and the authorities. After revolution, his family has requested for an autopsy to determine the cause of his death. The autopsy on 18 July 2012 confirmed the presence of two shots in his body and the son of Akid confirmed the implication of the Crown prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud.^[4]

References

v t e Tunisia squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup 1 Sassi 2 Dhouieb 3 Kaabi 4 Gasmi 5 M. Labidi 6 Ghommidh 7 Lahzami (c) 8 Ben Rehaiem 9 Akid 10 Dhiab 11 A. Ben Aziza 12 K. Labidi 13 Liman 14 Karoui 15 Ben Mouza 16 Chehaibi 17 El Louze 18 Chebli 19 Hasni 20 Jebali 21 L. Ben Aziza 22 Naili Coach: Chetali