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No. 38 Hossam Hassan Country:


Egypt Sport: Soccer


Hossam retired after nearly 150 caps for Egypt wherein he scored over 50 goals in those appearances. He was a striker for the Egyptian national side and can boast the most appearances ever. He is one of those players who had the luck of playing most of his professional career at home for a club in his home country even though he would go to Europe twice Hossam Hassan stayed home and played instead for Egyptian Club giant Al-Ahly and played for them till he retired from the club after sixteen seasons.


Hossam Hassan lead the Pharaohs to three wins at the African Nations Cup as part of his international repertoire including a 1990 appearance at the FIFA World Cup, where they lost in a narrow defeat to England in the first round.


No. 37 Mustapha Rabah Madjer Country:


Algeria Sport: Soccer


Mostly known around Africa and the World simply as Rabah Madjer he was born in Hussein Dey in Algeria he is one of the most Iconic athletes to come out of Algeria, and is in fact considered the greatest Algerian Footballer of all time he scored 31 goals in 87 caps. Pele is said to have referred to a goal he once scored in a game in Europe that it would have been the greatest goal ever scored “If he had not looked back at it”. Madjer was a Skilled Center forward along the ilk of a Roger Milla and was as a prolific a goal scorer that ever was. He played for F.C. Porto in Portugal and made history playing for them but he was more renowned for his role with the Algerian National Team that he played for, for 14 years and led them into two World Cups. He won the Nations Cup in 1990 which Algeria itself hosted. He is one of the greatest to play the Game globally and one of Africa’s greatest.


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