Salah Assad (; born 13 March 1958) is an Algerian former football player and manager who played as a forward.
Assad was born in Larbaâ Nath Irathen. He played for RC Kouba, where he won an Algerian championship in 1981, and in France for FC Mulhouse. For the Algeria national team, he participated at the 1980, 1982, and 1986 African Cup of Nations, 1980 Summer Olympics, and at two edition of FIFA World Cup in 1982 and 1986, scored two goals.
Assad holds the record with Islam Slimani of most scored goals at the World Cup for Algeria, which were both scored in the 1982 World Cup. Slimani in 2014.
Career Assad started playing young with JSM Cheraga and after with RC Kouba. In 1975, he played with the senior team until 1982 and he won the Algerian championship in 1981.
Career statistics Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Assad goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Salah AssadNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 1–1 1–1 1978 All-Africa Games2 Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia 1–0 3–0 Friendly3 Stadion Poljud, Split, Yugoslavia 2–0 2–0 1979 Mediterranean Games4 Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca, Morocco 5–1 5–1 1980 Summer Olympics qualification5 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 3–0 3–0 1980 Summer Olympics qualification6 Liberty Stadium, Ibadan, Nigeria 1–2 2–2 1980 African Cup of Nations7 19 June Stadium, Oran, Algeria 2–0 2–0 Friendly8 Stade du 19 Juin, Oran, Algeria 7–0 7–0 1982 African Cup of Nations qualification9 Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia 1–0 1–0 Friendly10 March 28 Stadium, Benghazi, Libya 2–1 2–1 1982 African Cup of Nations11 28 March Stadium, Benghazi, Tunisia 2–1 2–3 1982 African Cup of Nations12 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 1–0 2–0 Friendly13 Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo, Spain 1–0 3–2 1982 FIFA World Cup14 2–015 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 2–0 7–0 Friendly
Honours RC Kouba Algerian League Champion in 1981
Algeria Gold medal in the 1978 All-Africa Games in Algiers Bronze medal in the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split 2nd in the final of the 1980 African Cup of Nations in Nigeria Quarter final round in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow 2 participations in FIFA World Cup of 1982 in Spain & 1986 in Mexico
Individual Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament:1980, 1982 Best left forward in 1982 FIFA World Cup 2nd best African football player of the year in 1982
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