:Mustapha Zitouni

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Mustapha Zitouni

|image = Mustapha Zitouni.jpg

|image_size = 150

|caption =

|fullname =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1928|10|19|df=y}}

|birth_place = Algiers, French Algeria

|death_date = {{death date and age|2014|1|5|1928|10|19|df=y}}

|death_place = Nice, France

|height = 1.75 m{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur20000000000000000000013667.html|title=Profile player|accessdate=|language=French|publisher=L'Equipe}}

|position = Defender

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 =

|years1 = 1950–1953

|clubs1 = {{Tooltip|OM Saint-Eugène|Olympique Musulmane de Saint-Eugène}}

|caps1 =

|goals1 =

|years2 = 1953–1954

|clubs2 = Cannes

|caps2 = 38

|goals2 = 4

|years3 = 1954–1958

|clubs3 = Monaco

|caps3 = 136

|goals3 = 2

|years4 = 1962–1963

|clubs4 = Chartres

|caps4 =

|goals4 =

|years5 = 1964–1967{{cite web|url=https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/945-mustapha-zitouni|title=Profile player|accessdate=|language=French|publisher=FFF|archive-date=15 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715212054/https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/945-mustapha-zitouni|url-status=dead}}

|clubs5 = RC Kouba

|caps5 =

|goals5 =

|totalcaps = 174

|totalgoals = 6

|nationalyears1 = 1957–1958

|nationalteam1 = France

|nationalcaps1 = 4

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|nationalyears2 = 1958–1962

|nationalteam2 = Algeria FLN

|nationalcaps2 =

|nationalgoals2 =

|nationalyears3 = 1963–1965{{cite web|url=http://dzfootball.free.fr/EN/Pays/Bulgarie/liste-des-matchs-de-l-en-a.html|title=Historique des Confrontations : Algérie - Bulgarie (Zitouni goal)|accessdate=|language=French|publisher=dzfootball}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/2009/05/27/gala-un-jubile-pour-mustapha-zitouni-17498.php|title=Un jubilé pour Mustapha Zitouni (Zitouni caps)|date=26 May 2009 |accessdate=|language=French|publisher=dzfoot}}

|nationalteam3 = Algeria

|nationalcaps3 = 12

|nationalgoals3 = 1

}}

Mustapha Zitouni ({{langx|ar|مصطفى زيتوني}}; 19 October 1928 – 5 January 2014) was a professional footballer who played as a defender. He played international football for both France and Algeria.

Career

Born in Algiers, French Algeria,{{cite web|url=http://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/945-mustapha-zitouni|title=Profile|access-date=24 May 2017|language=French|publisher=FFF|archive-date=24 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175605/https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/945-mustapha-zitouni|url-status=dead}} Zitouni began his career with OM Saint-Eugène.{{cite web|url=http://www.france24.com/fr/20140106-mustapha-zitouni-ancien-pilier-equipe-fln-mort-algerie-independance|title=Disparition de Mustapha Zitouni, ex-pilier de l'équipe de football du FLN|date=6 January 2014|access-date=24 May 2017|language=French|publisher=France 24}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lematindz.net/news/13296-mustapha-zitouni-lancien-entraineur-de-lequipe-du-fln-nest-plus.html|title=Mustapha Zitouni, l'ancien entraîneur de l'équipe du FLN, n'est plus|date=6 January 2014|access-date=25 May 2017|language=French|publisher=Le Matin d'Algérie}}{{cite web|url=http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200905270613.html|title=Emouvant jubilé en hommage à Mustapha Zitouni à Alger|date=27 May 2009|access-date=25 May 2017|language=French|publisher=AllAfrica}} He then played in France for Cannes, Monaco and Chartres.{{NFT player|pid=28606|access-date=24 May 2017}} While in France he represented the French national side.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/mzitouni-intl.html|title=Mustapha Zitouni - International Appearances|access-date=21 April 2008|website=RSSSF}} He was also part of France's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1005852 |title=Mustapha Zitouni |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 November 2021}} He left his professional career in France in 1958 to represent the unofficial Algerian national side, which was then run by the National Liberation Front, a rebel group campaigning for Algerian independence.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7355430.stm|title=Algeria pacesetters|access-date=21 April 2008|date=21 April 2008|author=James Copnall|work=BBC Sport}} While in Algeria he played football for RC Kouba.

Later life

Zitouni returned to France, settling in Côte d'Azur and working for Air Algérie in Nice.{{cite journal|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/af-magazine/fifaweekly/02/26/48/95/lowres_eng_woche04_2014_neutral.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224144235/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/af-magazine/fifaweekly/02/26/48/95/lowres_eng_woche04_2014_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 February 2014|title=Mustapha Zitouni – Bridging a cultural divide|date=24 January 2014|accessdate=24 May 2017|author=Xavier Breuil|publisher=The FIFA Weekly|volume=14|pages=29–31}}

He died on 5 January 2014, at the age of 85.{{cite news|url=http://www.elwatan.com/une/football-l-ancien-joueur-de-l-equipe-du-fln-mustapha-zitouni-n-est-plus-05-01-2014-241000_108.php |title=Football: L'ancien joueur de l'équipe du FLN, Mustapha Zitouni, n'est plus - A la une |newspaper=El Watan |accessdate=2014-01-05}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25624733|title=Algerian Mustapha Zitouni dies, aged 85|date=6 January 2014|accessdate=7 January 2014|work=BBC Sport}}