Mohamed Akid

{{short description|Tunisian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mohamed Akid

| image = Mohamed Ali Akid 78.jpg

| image_size = 220px

| caption = Mohamed Akid in 1978

| fullname = Mohamed Ali Akid

| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|07|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sfax, Tunisia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1979|04|11|1949|07|05}}

| death_place = Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

| height = {{height|m=1.79|precision=0}}

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1967–1978 | clubs1 = CS Sfaxien| caps1 = 307 |goals1 = 126

| years2 = 1978–1979 | clubs2 = Al-Riyadh| caps2 = |goals2 =

| nationalyears1 = 1970–1979 | nationalteam1 = Tunisia| nationalcaps1 = 52 | nationalgoals1 = 15

}}

Mohamed Ali Akid (5 July 1949{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=45160/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028092326/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=45160/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2009|title=FIFA Tournaments – Players & Coaches – Mohamed AKID|publisher=FIFA|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-05-22}} – 11 April 1979) was a Tunisian football forward who played for the Tunisia national team. He was part of the Tunisian squad that participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.[https://web.archive.org/web/20071104170821/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=50/teams/team=43888.html 1978 FIFA World Cup Argentina] Akid also played for CS Sfaxien and Al-Riyadh.{{cite web |title=Akid, Mohamed Ali |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/46557/Mohamed_Ali_Akid.html}} The official version was that Akid was struck by lightning during a training session at his Saudi Arabian club Al-Riyadh on 11 April 1979.{{cite news|url=http://www.letemps.com.tn/article-15329.html|title=Mort de Mohamed Ali Akid|last=Bellakkhdar|first=A.|date=11 April 1979|publisher=Le Temps (Tunisia)|language=French|accessdate=1 November 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423164332/http://www.letemps.com.tn/article-15329.html|archivedate=23 April 2012}}

The circumstances surrounding the death have fuelled a controversy between his surviving family and the authorities. After revolution, his family has requested for an autopsy to determine the cause of his death. The autopsy on 18 July 2012 confirmed the presence of two shots in his body and the son of Akid confirmed the implication of the Crown prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.{{cite web | url = http://www.arabesquetv.tn/index.php/%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9/6568-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%8A%D8%A4%D9%83%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%87 | script-title = ar:ابن اللاعب محمد علي عقيد يؤكد ان امير سعودي متورط في قتل والده | trans-title = The son of Mohamed Akid confirms the implication of Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | language = Arabic | publisher = arabesquetv.tn | date = 23 February 2013 | accessdate = 27 April 2013 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130225100800/http://www.arabesquetv.tn/index.php/%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9/6568-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%8A%D8%A4%D9%83%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%87 | archivedate = 25 February 2013 }}