Krimo Rebih

Abdelkrim Ben Rebih

Personal information
Full name	Krimo Rebih
Date of birth	1 May 1932
Place of birth	Kasbah, Algeria
Date of death	6 October 2012 (aged 80)
Place of death	Algiers, Algeria
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1954–1955	CS Hammam-Lif	–	(–)
1957–1962	Union sportive tunisienne	–	(–)
1962–1970	USM Alger	–	(–)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Krimo Rebih (1 May 1932 – 6 October 2012) was a professional Algerian footballer who played as a forward.

Life and career

Krimo was born on 1 May 1932 at The Casbah. He began his career at the Ideal of Algiers in 1946. From 1948-1952, he played at the USMA. Called to military service in France, he will carry the colors of Belfort and Limoges in corporate clubs. In 1956, he went to Libya to serve the Ittihad Tripoli. But it is Hamam Lif in Tunisia that affirm being a key element of the training led by the Bey family. Krimo was one of the founders of the NLA team, composed mainly of players from Algerian Tunisian clubs. At independence, he signed for USM Alger, his old love he never left until 1970, at the age of 38 years. Algiers was the club as honorary president Ahmed Ben Bella who attended some of the meetings and was close to the players. Krimo never forced their ability to dribble a whole regiment of defenders. It is not by chance that he was nicknamed the Prince of Hamam Lif.

Honours

• • Championnat National
    • Winner: 1962-63

References

External links

• Profile on djazairess.com site