Amokrane Oualiken

Amokrane "Da Mokrane" Oualiken (6 April 1933 – 22 June 2010) was an Algerian football player and manager. He played as a right winger.

Amokrane Oualiken

Personal information
Date of birth	(1933-04-06)6 April 1933
Place of birth	Ben Aknoun, Algeria
Date of death	22 June 2010(2010-06-22) (aged 77)
Place of death	Ben Aknoun, Algeria
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[citation needed]
Position(s)	Right winger[citation needed]
Youth career
1945–1950	ES Ben Aknoun[1]
1952–1951	MC Alger[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1952	MC Alger[1]
1952–1953	Corporative Hussein-Dey[1]
1953–1954	FSGT Seine-Saint-Denis[1]
1954–1955	Tours[citation needed]
1955–1956	Châteauroux[citation needed]
1956–1957	Vélo Sport Chartrain[citation needed]
1957–1960	Nîmes[citation needed]
1960–1961	SO Montpellier[citation needed]	8	(2)
1962–1963	MC Alger[citation needed]
1963–1967	USM Alger[1]
International career
	Algeria
Managerial career
1967–1969	USM Alger[1]
1969–1970	ES Ben Aknoun[1]
1970–1971	Union Sportive des Hospitaliers d'Alger[1]
1971–1977	JS El Biar[1]
1989–1990	MC Alger[2]
1991–1992	Burkina Faso[2]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Oualiken was born in Ben Aknoun, Algiers, Algeria, on 6 April 1933.^[3]

He played for French club Nîmes Olympique where he became three-time Division 1 runner-up and reached the final of the Coupe de France.^[3]

After Algeria's independence in 1962, he played for MC Alger and USM Alger.^[4]

Oualiken died on 22 June 2010 in Ben Aknoun, Algiers,^[4] following a long illness.^[3]

International career

In 1960, Oualiken became a member of the Algerian FLN team.^[3]

Coaching career

Following his retirement from playing he started his coaching career with DNC Alger.^[4] He helped the amateur club win the 1981–82 Algerian Cup and promote to the Championnat National 1, the Algerian first tier, in 1985.^[3] He later coached the Burkina Faso national team.^[4]

Oualiken was also coach of the football section of the Algerian Gendarmerie from 1969 to 1977. In 1977, he became the Technical Director of now defunct club DNC Alger, helping the team climb from the amateur divisions up to the top flight and win the Algerian Cup in 1982.

Honours

As a player

Nîmes

• Division 1 runner-up:^[3] 1958,^{[citation needed]} 1959,^{[citation needed]} 1960^{[citation needed]}
• Coupe de France runner-up:^[3] 1958^{[citation needed]}
• Trophée des Champions runner-up: 1958^{[citation needed]}

SO Montpellier

• Division 2: 1961^{[citation needed]}

USM Alger

• Algerian Championnat National: 1963

As a coach

DNC Alger

• Algerian Cup: 1982^[3]
• Promotion to Championnat National 1: 1985^[3]