Ali Benouna
Personal information
Date of birth	July 23, 1912(1912-07-23)
Place of birth	Chlef, French Algeria
Date of death	November 6, 1980
Place of death	Alger, Algeria
Playing position	Forward
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1936–1937 1937–1938 1938–1939	Sète Boulogne Rennes RC Roubaix
National team
1936	France	002 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ali Benouna (born July 23, 1912 in Chlef, Algeria-died November 6, 1980 in Alger, Algeria) was a former French-Algerian professional football player. He was the first Algerian and North African to play in France, playing for FC Sète and Stade Rennais in the 1930's.^[1][2][3]

He was also the first Algerian and North African to play for the French National Team, making his debut on February 9, 1936, in a 3-0 friendly loss against Czechoslovakia.^[4] He would make his second and last appearance on March 8, 1936 in a 3-0 friendly win against Belgium.^[5]

[edit] Honours

• Won the Coupe de France once with FC Sète in 1934
• Has 2 caps for the French National Team

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile at FFF