player · international archive · 1980–1982

Salah Assad

Be the first in the stands

b. 1958forward

Algeria

Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain

Archive goals

for Algeria · 1 from the spot

Matches scored in

every one opens its match page below

Tournaments

most in the African Cup of Nations (3)

Career span

1980–1982

first 1980-03-19 · last 1982-06-24

Counted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.

Salah Assad is an Algerian former football player and manager who played as a forward. — Wikipedia

identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-08-23

In the line-ups

6 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1980–1986

The archive holds 6 team sheets naming Salah Assad in Algeria's starting line-up, from 1980-03-22 to 1986-06-06.

6 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.

International goals in our archive

5 goals across 4 scoring matches · 2 tournaments · 1980–1982

Date	Opponent	Result	Minutes	Competition	Venue
1982-06-24	Chile	W3–2(n)	7' 31'	FIFA World Cup	Oviedo
1982-03-16	Ghana	L2–3(n)	62'	African Cup of Nations	Benghazi
1982-03-10	Nigeria	W2–1(n)	65'	African Cup of Nations	Benghazi
1980-03-19	Egypt	D2–2(n)	55' (pen)	African Cup of Nations	Ibadan

Honours

6 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated

Marquee honours

2 participations in FIFA World Cup of 1982 in Spain & 1986 in Mexico

Team honours6
	2 participations in FIFA World Cup of 1982 in Spain & 1986 in Mexico	×1		Algeria
	2nd in the final of the 1980 African Cup of Nations in Nigeria	×1		Algeria
	Algerian League Champion in 1981	×1		RC Kouba
	Bronze medal in the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split	×1		Algeria
	Gold medal in the 1978 All-Africa Games in Algiers	×1		Algeria
	Quarter final round in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow	×1		Algeria
Individual honours4
Player of the year · 1
	2nd best African football player of the year in 1982
Teams of the season · 2
	Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament	×2	1980, 1982
More honours · 1
	Best left forward in 1982 FIFA World Cup

Salah Assad

In the line-ups

International goals in our archive

Honours

The Stands

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