Tarek Lazizi

Tarek Lazizi

Personal information
Full name	Tarek Lazizi
Date of birth	(1971-06-08) 8 June 1971
Place of birth	El Biar, Algiers, Algeria
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1981–1982	JS El Biar
1982–1987	MC Alger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1996	MC Alger	?	(?)
1996–1998	Stade Tunisien	?	(?)
1998–1999	Gençlerbirliği	?	(?)
1999–2002	MC Alger	?	(?)
2002–2003	Atlantis FC	?	(?)
2003–2005	MB Bouira	?	(?)
Total		?	(?)
International career
1991	Algeria U23	3	(0)
1989–1998	Algeria	39	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tarek "Baresi" Lazizi (born June 8, 1971) is a retired Algerian footballer in Finland. He played as a central defender.

Career

He was nicknamed «Baresi» after Italian defender Franco Baresi and is mostly remembered for his career-ending tackle on USM Alger forward Azzedine Rahim.

Club career

• 1981-1982 JS El Biar (Juniors)
• 1982-1987 MC Alger (Juniors)
• 1987-1996 MC Alger
• 1996-1998 Stade Tunisien
• 1998-1999 Gençlerbirliği
• 1999-2002 MC Alger
• 2002-2003 Atlantis FC
• 2003-2005 MB Bouira

International career

Lazizi was capped at all levels by Algeria. He received his first call-up to the senior national team in 1989 for a mini-tournament in Cameroon in preparation for the 1990 African Cup of Nations. He scored 2 goals for the national team, the first in the 1st leg match of the 1991 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations match against Iran, the second in the quarter-finals of the 1996 African Cup of Nations against South Africa.

Honours

Country:

• Won the African Cup of Nations in 1990
• Won the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations in 1991
• Has 35 caps and 2 goals for the Algerian National Team
• Participated in 2 editions of the African Cup of Nations: 1990 and 1996

Club:

• Won the Algerian league once with MC Alger in 1999

Personal:

• Chosen as the Best Foreign Player in the Tunisian League in the 1996/1997 season

External links

• Tarek Lazizi at National-Football-Teams.com