Rabah Madjer : Algeria’s Wonder Boy

The name rings a bell in the heads of many football diehards in Africa in the world. The former Algerian striker made a name for his country during his heydays. No one could talk about Algerian football in the 80s and 90s without mentioning Rabah Madjer. 
One of the most prolific Algerian internationals in number of games and goals, Madjer played in two World Cups with his national team, helping it to its first ever participation in 1982.
Madjer played for the Algerian national team for 19 years, and was present at the 1986 FIFA World Cup finals. He retired as the nation's top goal scorer at 28, in 87 caps, having also won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1990 as the hosts incidentally beat Nigeria twice, in the opening match 5–1 and the final 1–0. Gifted with unbelievable speed, he won several titles both with the Algerian national team and with other clubs like NA Hussien Dey, FC Porto and Qatar SC. He was since nominated best player of the year at least once in each championship where he played. According IFFHS he is one of th...