Hacène Lalmas

Hacène Lalmas (12 March 1943 – 7 July 2018), also known as El Kebch (The Ram), was an Algerian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Lalmas scored a record 131 goals in the Algerian championship. He was also voted as the 14th-best African player of all time by the CAF.

Club career Although he started his career with OM Ruisseau, Lalmas played most of his career for CR Belouizdad and it was with CRB. He led the club to four league titles, three cup titles and three Maghreb Champions Cup titles.

On 22 October 1962, during his career with OM Ruisseau, he scored 14 goals in his team's 18–0 victory over Birtouta, which is the record for most goals in one match in all top men's football leagues in the history, up until 3 August 2007, when Passang Tshering scored 17 goals in the Bhutan A-Division, which was the only league in the country at that time.

Career statistics International Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 22 March 1964 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 1–1 2–2 Friendly 2. 4 November 1964 Stade El Annasser, Algiers 2–1 2–2 Friendly 3. 19 July 1965 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville 1–0 1–0 1965 All-Africa Games 4. 5 February 1967 Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako 0–2 0–3 1968 African Cup of Nations qualification 5. 12 February 1967 Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou 1–2 1–2 1968 African Cup of Nations qualification 6. 12 September 1967 Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis 0–2 1–3 1967 Mediterranean Games 7. 14 January 1968 Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa 1–0 4–0 1968 African Cup of Nations 8. 2–0 9. 3–0 10. 26 June 1968 Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca 1–0 2–2 1968 Olympic Games Qualifiers 11. 2–2 12. 30 June 1968 Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca 1–0 2–3 1968 Olympic Games Qualifiers 13. 18 December 1968 Stade El Annasser, Algiers – 2–5 Friendly 14. 25 December 1969 Stade El Annasser, Algiers 1–0 3–1

Honours CR Belouizdad Algerian league: 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971 Algerian Cup: 1966, 1969, 1970 Maghreb Champions Cup: 1970, 1971, 1972 Individual Algerian league top scorer: 1969–70