Rachid Harkouk

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Rachid Harkouk
Personal information
Full name Rachid Peter Harkouk
Date of birth (1956-05-19) 19 May 1956 (age 69)
Place of birth Chelsea, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Chertsey Town
Feltham
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1974–1975 Chertsey Town 40 (15)
1975–1976 Feltham
1976–1978 Crystal Palace 54 (21)
1978–1980 Queens Park Rangers 20 (3)
1980–1986 Notts County 144 (40)
International career
1986 Algeria 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rachid Peter Harkouk [1] (born 19 May 1956) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in England, he represented the Algeria national team at international level. [2]

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International career

Harkouk was born in England to an Algerian father and English mother of Welsh descent. [3] He appeared for Algeria at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, coming on as a substitute for Rabah Madjer in their opening game against Northern Ireland. [4] He did not feature against Brazil but was the lone striker against Spain. [5] During that game, he sustained a knee injury that ended his career. [6]

Personal life

After his retirement from football, Harkouk became a businessman in the village of Burton Joyce. [7] In August 2011, he was jailed for 28 months for conspiring to supply illegal drugs. [8]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [9]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupAnglo-Scottish CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chertsey Town 1974–1975 Spartan League
Feltham 1975–1976 Athenian League
Crystal Palace 1976–1977 Third Division 28123214
1977–1978 Second Division 2692312
Total542132236326
Queens Park Rangers 1978–1979 First Division 153
1979–1980Second Division50
Total203
Notts County 1980–1981Second Division254201053
1981–1982 First Division1840000
1982–1983 1430010
1983–1984 3264151
1984–1985 [10] Second Division3515214420
1985–1986Third Division2073320
Total1443911513553
Career total

Hat-trick

DatecompetitionForAgainstResultRef.
30 October 1984 League Cup (R3) Notts County Bolton Wanderers 6–1 [11]
17 November 1985 FA Cup (R1) Notts County Scarborough 6–1 [12]

Honours

References

  1. "Rachid Harkouk :: Rachid Peter Harkouk ::".
  2. "BIO EXPRESS DEGRADABLE. Rachid Harkouk".
  3. "World Cup stickipedia ~ Rachid Harkouk, Algeria". When Saturday Comes. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. I. Morrison, The World Cup – A Complete Record 1930–1990, Breddon Books, p. 368
  5. I. Morrison, The World Cup – A Complete Record 1930–1990, Breddon Books, p. 370
  6. "Notts County 1985–86 season stats". Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  7. Crystal Palace "Where are they now?" site
  8. "Ex-Magpies star is jailed in drugs case". Nottingham Post . 20 August 2011. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  9. "Rachid Harkouk » Club matches".
  10. "1984–85 Notts County FC Match Line-Up's & Details". Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  11. "Notts County FC season 1984/85". homepage.ntlworld.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  12. "Notts County FC season 1985/86". homepage.ntlworld.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.