Hocine Benmiloudi

Hocine Benmiloudi
Personal information
Date of birth	31 January 1955
Place of birth	El Madania, Algiers, Algeria
Date of death	5 November 1981 (aged 26)
Place of death	Algiers, Algeria
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	IRB Madania
1971–1973	CR Belouizdad
Senior career*
Years	Team
1973–1981	CR Belouizdad
International career
1979–1980	Algeria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hocine Benmiloudi (31 January 1955 – 5 November 1981) was an Algerian football forward who played for Algeria in the 1980 African Cup of Nations.

Biography

Benmiloudi was born to an Algerian mother and a Moroccan emigrant father in El Madania, Algiers, where he began playing football. In 1971, he joined the youth team CR Belouizdad. He died at the age of 26 on 5 November 1981, during the Ligue 1 match against USM Aïn Beïda in Stade 20 Août 1955 (Algiers), from severe food poisoning.^[1]