Source: Web (elitissal.net)
Sports & Athletics
•
Historical Archive
•
Algeria
•
10 views
Algeria
•
10 views
Abderrahmane Boubekeur
عبد الرحمن بوبكر
(Known as "Boubekeur")
Goalkeeper, FLN Football Team Pioneer, AS Monaco Star
Born
Mar 09, 1932
Algiers, Algeria
Algiers, Algeria
Passed Away
Jul 20, 1999
Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
Lifespan
67 years old
"Leaving professional football in France was the easiest choice of our lives; our country was calling."
Archival Overview
Premier goalkeeper of the historic FLN football team and AS Monaco who sacrificed fame and fortune in the French First Division in 1958 to play for Algerian independence.
Biographical Record
A star goalkeeper for AS Monaco in the French top flight during the late 1950s, Abderrahmane Boubekeur answered the clandestine call of the National Liberation Front in April 1958, secretly fleeing France alongside Mustapha Zitouni and Rachid Mekhloufi.
As the primary goalkeeper of the revolutionary 'Eleven of Independence', he played in over 80 international matches across Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, using sport as a diplomatic weapon to expose French colonialism and rally international solidarity.
Memorial Guestbook & Tributes
0 messages recordedLeave a Respectful Tribute
No tributes recorded yet. Be the first to leave a message in honor of Abderrahmane Boubekeur.
Final Resting Place
Perpetual Memorial
El Kettar Cemetery
Algiers, Algeria
Algiers, Algeria
GPS: 36.7867, 3.0489
View on Memory Atlas
Archival Standards
PastLegacies adheres to strict neutral biographical guidelines and legal standards of remembrance. Next-of-kin may request modifications or removal at any time via our expedited process.