Hassan Akesbi

Hassan Akesbi
Akesbi with the Throne Cup in 1967
Personal information
Date of birth (1934-12-05)5 December 1934
Place of birth Tangier, Tangier International Zone, Morocco
Date of death 9 November 2024(2024-11-09) (aged 89)
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Sevilliana Tanger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1955 FUS de Rabat
1955–1961 Nîmes 204 (119)
1961–1963 Reims 78 (48)
1964 Monaco 11 (6)
1964–1965 Reims 23 (8)
1965–1970 FUS de Rabat
International career
1960–1970 Morocco 4 (3)
Managerial career
FUS de Rabat
Hassania Agadir
IZK Khemisset
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hassan Akesbi (Arabic: حسن أقصبي; 5 December 1934 – 9 November 2024) was a Moroccan footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Akesbi scored more than 100 goals for French club Nîmes before transferring to Reims in 1961 where he won Ligue 1 in 1962.[1]

At FUS de Rabat he won the Moroccan Throne Cup in 1967.

He retired in 1970 just before Morocco's first World Cup appearance.[1]

In 2006, Akesbi was selected by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[2]

Death

Akesbi died on 9 November 2024, at the age of 89.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Radnedge, Keir; Gleeson, Mark (January 2025). "Obituaries". World Soccer. p. 16.
  2. ^ "Meilleur joueur des 50 dernières années 14 Marocains en lice" (in French). Le Matin. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. ^ "عن سن ال89.. الأسطورة حسن أقصبي يغادرنا إلى دار البقاء". Ahdath. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
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